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Labor/Employment

Apr. 23, 2020

US judge urges drivers to negotiate with Uber over sick pay

The class action against Uber, and two others like it, seek an emergency public injunction that would force the company to provide to drivers paid sick leave by classifying them as full-fledged employees.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Massachusetts drivers suing Uber for state-mandated sick pay amid the COVID-19 pandemic will have to decide whether to back down or continue their quest for a long-sought finding that the company is violating state law by misclassifying workers, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled Wednesday,

Given what he considers substantial risks in their emergency bid to get drivers off the road, Judge Edward Chen of the Nort...

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