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$10M Settlement Proposed in Uber Gender And Race Discrimination Class Action


This is a settlement for the Employment lawsuit.

San Francisco, CA: A $10 million settlement has been agreed between Uber and plaintiffs in a discrimination class action lawsuit who alleged the ride share company did not pay its female software engineers and engineers of colour equitably compared with their male and white or Asian American peers.

The lawsuit was filed by Ingrid Avendaño, Roxana del Toro Lopez and Ana Medina in October 2017, alleging that Uber engaged in unfair business practices and violated the California Equal Pay Act and Private Attorneys General Act.

“In this system, female employees and employees of color are systematically undervalued compared to their male and white or Asian American peers because female employees and employees of color receive, on average, lower rankings despite equal or better performance,” the plaintiffs claimed.

In November, following removal of the proposed lawsuit to federal court, the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint which establishes two classes, one for California workers and the other for a nationwide class of workers. According to the amended complaint, Uber was in violation of 10 state and federal laws or business codes.

The settlement, which requires final approval, stipulates $28,000 to each of the estimated 420 plaintiffs who claim to have been negatively impacted by Uber’s performance evaluation system. Further, the settlement requires Uber to work with an outside company to develop a new system for promoting, evaluating and compensating workers.

Uber must also internally monitor base salaries, bonuses and promotions for possible adverse impacts on workers of color and women, as part of the settlement agreement.

The financial disbursements include $50,000 to named plaintiff del Toro Lopez and $30,000 to Medina.

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Published on Mar-28-18


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I WOULD OF DONE THE SAME THING...PERIOD
NOBODY'S LIVES ARE WORTH LOOSING JUST SO THE EVILDOERS WHO HAVE NO ACCOUNTABILITY PER CONTRACTOR BRIBES, GETS EVEN MORE RUTHLESS AN HEARTLESS .

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I have already filed a claim of discrimination with UBER Eats . As I started delivering food. I was only delivering in Nassau County NY., which is my domain and I felt comfortable. Then all of a sudden I was getting calls to pick up in Queens, NY. Well I did take it for a few months,and I was sent to to go to a restaurant to deliver the food somewhere in Queens,NY away from the boarder of Nassau County, Well, I thought maybe their weren't any drivers in that vicinity. So I took the run. Here I am on my way to deliver to the address... I was close by, then all of a sudden I received a call from an unknown caller, stating that I should not deliver to the address and I should meet them on the corner instead. . It was getting dark and I became skeptical , went back to the restaurant and I explained the story and I went to give them back the food. They did not take it back. So I called UBER eats and explained the situation that I felt uneasy delivering food to someone who called my cell phone stating " YO YO DON'T DELIVER THE FOOD TO THE ADDRESS, THAT I SHOULD MEET THEM ON THE CORNER"....that was the end of my UBER Eats delivery career. Can an attorney represent me with this possible case? UBER eats put my life in danger. To date UBER has the nerve to call me, asking me if I want to continue, I told them no thank you and blocked them from reaching me anymore. Incident was in September 2018.

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