580 CFRA – $200M Uber Class-Action Lawsuit: Drivers’ Rights as Employees
While Uber labels its thousands of Ontario drivers as independent contractors, numerous aspects of the working relationship actually point towards an employer-employee relationship.
Employment lawyer Lior Samfiru, partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, joined host Bill Carroll on Newstalk 580 CFRA to explain why his firm has launched the $200-million class-action lawsuit on behalf of Uber Eats driver David Heller and other drivers for the multinational business.
Samfiru also reveals that anybody who wants to challenge Uber with regards to a workplace issue must actually travel 6,000 km to The Netherlands to meet them in court!
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Lior Samfiru is a Founding Partner of Samfiru Tumarkin LLP and Practice Leader for the firm's Labour & Employment Law Group. His experience in countless successful cases and mediations on behalf of employees and employers, as well as his continued advocacy for the rights of workers, makes him one of the most skilled and sought-after labour and employment lawyers in Canada.
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