April 02, 2024
Making reference to Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken," Uber Technologies Inc. on Monday said a group of UberBlack drivers chose their road when they urged a Pennsylvania federal court to consider less than a unanimous verdict, and could not turn back around when the jurors leaned toward declaring them independent contractors.
March 11, 2024
A federal jury in Philadelphia on Monday leaned toward classifying UberBlack drivers in the city as independent contractors instead of employees, but the trial judge indicated he may make the final call after a deadlock among the jurors prompted him to dismiss them.
March 08, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal judge told a Philadelphia jury Friday to return Monday after its eight members deadlocked on whether UberBlack drivers in the city were employees of the ride-sharing company entitled to minimum wage and benefits, or independent contractors, as Uber classified them.
March 04, 2024
Counsel for Uber drivers told a federal jury in Philadelphia on Monday that the ride-hailing company saved big on labor costs by misclassifying them as independent contractors instead of employees entitled to benefits.
February 16, 2024
Uber urged a Pennsylvania federal court on Friday to disregard the state attorney general's amicus brief filed in a wage case that will decide whether UberBlack limo drivers are employees or independent contractors, saying the attorney general's involvement is superfluous.
February 08, 2024
Pennsylvania state law is more protective than the Fair Labor Standards Act and therefore a federal jury should mull those two statutes separately when it decides whether UberBlack limo drivers are employees or independent contractors, the state attorney general told a Pennsylvania federal court.
April 11, 2018
A Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Wednesday that Uber doesn't have to face putative class claims that it did not pay its drivers properly under the Fair Labor Standards Act, saying the UberBlack limo drivers failed to show that they are employees.
February 27, 2018
Philadelphia-based Uber limo drivers told a federal judge Monday that Uber must face putative class claims that it failed to compensate drivers for time they spent online on the ride-hailing app in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, saying Uber exercises enough control over drivers to classify them as employees.
September 13, 2017
A Pennsylvania federal judge refused Wednesday to toss part of a putative class action accusing Uber Technologies Inc. of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act, reiterating his position in an earlier order that said the issue of whether drivers are working when "on call" can only be resolved after discovery.
June 19, 2017
Philadelphia-based Uber limo drivers told a federal judge Friday that Uber must face putative class claims it violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to compensate drivers for time they spent online on the ride-hailing app, insisting that time should count as working "on call."