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Europe – Dutch court orders Uber to reinstate six drivers fired for app fraud (ITV News) 16 April 2021 A court in the Netherlands has ordered Uber to reinstate six drivers that it dismissed for fraud, following legal action by the App Driver & Couriers Union, reports ITV News. Uber failed to contest the case so, in a default judgement, the Amsterdam District Court accepted the union’s claim that the drivers were fired unlawfully by Uber’s computer algorithm. The union argued that the app sometimes makes errors. A driver in London, Abdifatah Abdalla, was fired by Uber last year...

Uber accused him of sharing his account. He insists he didn’t. Uber informed Abdifatah he was being “deactivated” on 27th September because of “evidence indicating fraudulent application activity”. Uber didn’t provide any evidence to support the decision and still hasn’t. Uber reported his dismissal to Transport for London. On 13th October, TFL informed Abdifatah he was no longer considered “fit and proper” to hold a private hire licence and he was ordered to return it. “I’ve lost all my income because of what they did to me,” Abdifatah told ITV News. “I lost my Ube...