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Uber drivers in California can file a class action suit: US Federal judge

A federal judge has ruled that all Uber drivers in California, who have not waived their rights to class action arbitration, can bring a class action suit against Uber, claiming that that Uber treats its drivers like employees without providing them employee benefits, reports WSJ. If indeed a class action lawsuit takes place, it would force Uber to pay drivers health insurance, workers’ compensation and work expenses like tolls, fuel costs and car repairs. Uber says most drivers waived their class action suit rights Uber will appeal the US District Judge Edward Chen’s decision to certify the class action status. The company said that the ruling only permitted a minority of its California drivers to join the class, since most drivers had waived their right to class action arbitration after Uber updated its driver contract last year. Uber drivers had also signed at least 17 different versions of a contract, each of which contained slight differences; in some of these, drivers may have waived their right to be a part of a class action suit, the report added. What is a class action lawsuit? The suit, which was brought on behalf of three drivers, will be now applicable in a massive class action suit. A class action suit is basically one where several people can sue on behalf of a larger group of persons, known as the “class”, where the issues in dispute are common to all members of the class and where the number of affected persons is so…

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