Toronto UberEATS delivery drivers protest new rate cut

The popular food delivery app UberEATS is coming under fire from Toronto drivers who work for the service, after it slashed their compensation overnight.

UberEATs driver David Heller said he and others were informed Monday night that delivery rates would be cut from the old model of $1.85 per kilometre and a $6.50 flat rate per order – down to $1.05 per kilometre, $2.90 per pick-up and $2.50 per drop-off.

Is Uber allowed to do this without first consulting their drivers?

Lior Samfiru, employment lawyer and partner at Samfiru Tumarkin, tells hosts Supriya Dwivedi and Matt Gurney that the bigger question here concerns the fact that Uber is likely misclassifying its drivers as independent contractors, when they are in fact employees.