Uber ordered to reinstate six drivers fired by automated process
A default judgment handed down by Dutch court has ordered Uber to reinstate six drivers with compensation following unevidenced accusations of fraud and automated firing via algorithm
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Ride-hailing firm Uber has been ordered by an Amsterdam court to reinstate five British drivers and one Dutch driver with compensation after finding that they were unlawfully dismissed for fraud by the app’s algorithm.
The drivers involved in the case – which was brought by the App Drivers & Couriers Union (ADCU) and its associated data trust Worker Info Exchange (WEI) – argued that they had been wrongly accused of fraudulent activity because of mistaken information, which led to them being fired by Uber’s algorithm.
THE SNP’s Westminster leader has condemned Boris Johnson for his ‘morally repugnant’ legal challenge against the Scottish Government. Ian Blackford called on the Prime Minister to withdraw the challenges and accused his government of “robbing children of their rights in Scotland”. His remarks at Prime Minister’s Questions today come after MSPs unanimously approved bills relating to children’s rights and local government last month. However the UK Government is concerned that the legislation could place obligations on them and is outwith the competence of Holyrood’s devolved powers. Two bills have been referred to the UK Supreme Court for judgement.
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The Prime Minister was under pressure over lobbying by David Cameron, but managed to dodge questions about why his government has referred Holyrood legislation to the Supreme Court YOU can just picture the conversations behind the scenes ahead of this week s PMQs. How can we make people care about this grubby David Cameron business? asks Keir Starmer. Is it going to cut through with the English public, who are busy getting drunk in beer gardens and going wild in the aisles of Primark? Don t worry, I ve got a plan, pipes up an adviser. There are only two things the English public care about right now: the lifting of lockdown restrictions . and catching bent coppers.
Uber hit with default ‘robo-firing’ ruling after another EU labor rights GDPR challenge
Labor activists challenging Uber over what they allege are ‘robo-firings’ of drivers in Europe have trumpeted winning a default judgement in the Netherlands where the Court of Amsterdam ordered the ride-hailing giant to reinstate six drivers who the litigants claim were unfairly terminated “by algorithmic means.”
The court also ordered Uber to pay the fired drivers compensation.
The challenge references Article 22 of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which provides protection for individuals against purely automated decisions with a legal or significant impact.
The activists say this is the first time a court has ordered the overturning of an automated decision to dismiss workers from employment.