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Civil Litigation,
Labor/Employment

Oct. 14, 2019

Uber hit with new employee classification action

The complaint was filed by an UberEATS driver, claiming the company wrongly classifies drivers as independent contractors despite the recent passage of AB 5.

A new lawsuit in the wake of the state's new gig worker law adds UberEATS delivery drivers to the legal battle over employees and independent contractors.

Aashish Y. Desai and Adrianne M. De Castro of Desai Law Firm PC sued Uber Technologies Inc. on behalf of UberEATS driver Erik Adolph.

The 10-page complaint filed Oct. 10 says UberEATS continues to wrongly classify its drivers as independent con...

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