Uber wins approval of settlement with customers over tips
Uber Tech**logies Inc. won permission to settle claims it misled consumers by charging them a 20 percent “gratuity” even though drivers got only about half of it.
U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco on Thursday gave preliminary approval to a deal in which Uber will pay about $384,000 for 47,000 users of the ride hailing company’s app.
Passengers claimed that for a one-year period, Uber said on its website and in other marketing materials that it automatically charged users their metered fares plus a 20 percent tip for drivers. Uber didn’t pass along the full 20 percent, but instead took a cut of 40 percent to 50 percent of the tip for itself, according to the complaint. Read more...
09-16-2016, 01:05 AM
Uber wins approval of settlement with customers over tips
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