UberEATS courier files class action lawsuit
An UberEATS courier has filed a class action lawsuit in Tampa, Florida, alleging that the company has been “misclassifying” its delivery partners as contractors. In the documentation filed with the Court on Tuesday (24 January), the plaintiff said he is “challenging UberEATS uniform policy of wilfully misclassifying its delivery partners as independent contractors when, in fact, each such deliver partner is and/or was an employee of UberEATS.”
Uber has already had to deal with misclassification complaints from drivers on the ride-hailing side of its operations, but this is thought to be the first instance of a misclassification claim from an UberEATS delivery partner.
