Supreme Court rules in favour of Uber driver in lawsuit
The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal from Uber today, in a major ruling that allows a $400 million class action lawsuit against the ride-sharing giant to continue in Ontario.
Lior Samfiru, a Toronto employment lawyer at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP and lead counsel on the class action lawsuit (Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc.) told the Financial Post that “a win for Uber would have effectively ended employee rights in this country.”
“The Supreme Court of Canada was well aware of this issue and determined that a company operating in Canada must abide by Canadian laws and cannot eliminate employee rights by imposing the laws of a foreign jurisdiction.”
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Lior Samfiru
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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