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08-19-2016, 02:24 AM
Uber's $100M settlement over drivers as contractors may **t be e**ugh
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A $100 million settlement Uber was ordered to pay to drivers in a class-action lawsuit may **t be e**ugh, a judge said Thursday.*
Uber had agreed to pay $100 million to drivers in California and Massachusetts who sued over their status as contractors, rather than employees.*
Keeping drivers as contractors, **t eligible for benefits or other protections for full-time workers, has been instrumental in Uber's astro**mical growth and business model. Settling class-action lawsuits over the issue for $100 million allowed Uber to move forward with its business model intact.*
But a judge hinted in June (http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/most-drivers-in-uber-labor-case-would-get-under-25-so-some-protest-settlement/) that the settlement might **t be e**ugh on Uber's part. And on Thursday U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen rejected the settlement deal.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/18/uber-class-action-california-ocon**r-settlement/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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A $100 million settlement Uber was ordered to pay to drivers in a class-action lawsuit may **t be e**ugh, a judge said Thursday.*
Uber had agreed to pay $100 million to drivers in California and Massachusetts who sued over their status as contractors, rather than employees.*
Keeping drivers as contractors, **t eligible for benefits or other protections for full-time workers, has been instrumental in Uber's astro**mical growth and business model. Settling class-action lawsuits over the issue for $100 million allowed Uber to move forward with its business model intact.*
But a judge hinted in June (http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/most-drivers-in-uber-labor-case-would-get-under-25-so-some-protest-settlement/) that the settlement might **t be e**ugh on Uber's part. And on Thursday U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen rejected the settlement deal.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/18/uber-class-action-california-ocon**r-settlement/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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