February 23, 2022
A group of Uber drivers who claim they've been misclassified under federal wage laws must individually arbitrate their dispute with the ride-share company, an Illinois federal judge said Wednesday.
September 02, 2021
Uber Technologies Inc. asked an Illinois federal court to heed two recent opinions finding its drivers are not exempt from federal arbitration law to support the company's effort to push an independent contractor misclassification suit out of court.
March 18, 2021
Uber Technologies Inc. can't force Illinois drivers' misclassification claims out of court because the drivers are exempt from arbitration requirements as transportation workers, they argued in a federal court filing in a proposed class action alleging overtime and minimum wage violations.
October 30, 2020
Uber is facing another worker misclassification class action, this time in Illinois, where a driver claims the company denied him minimum wage, overtime and reimbursements in violation of state law.