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A controversial clause found in Uber’s contracts for its Ontario drivers is illegal, “unconscionable” and “unenforceable”, the Ontario Court of Appeal declared in a decision released today. The Arbitration Clause declares that all legal disputes between Uber and its Ontario drivers are to be heard in the Netherlands, rather than a local court.
In its decision concerning Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc., the Ontario Court of Appeal concluded that “Uber chose this Arbitration Clause in order to favour itself and thus take advantage of its drivers, who are clearly vulnerable to the market strength of Uber” and that the clause “amounts to an illegal contracting out of an employment standard if the drivers are found to be employees.”
Employment lawyer Lior Samfiru, founding partner of Samfiru Tumarkin LLP and one of the lawyers representing David Heller, joined Newstalk 580 CFRA in Ottawa to discuss the recent decision, and what it means for the class action lawsuit against Uber that argues that Uber drivers are actually employees and not independent contractors.
Read Samfiru Tumarkin's release about the Ontario Court of Appeal's decision here.
Read about the decision in The Toronto Star, The Financial Post, and on CBC News.
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If you're an Uber driver and want to fight your employer, you'd have to go to the Netherlands to do it. Employment Lawyer Lior Samfiru joined The Morning Show on Global News Radio 640 Toronto to discuss this dangerous loophole found in Ontario's labour laws and how Uber took advantage of it.
Read here about Samfiru Tumarkin LLP's concerns for employees and workplace rights in Ontario.
Read the Ministry of Labour's response in Sara Mojtehedzadeh's article in The Toronto Star.
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Uber drivers who want to fight their employer in court will have to go to the Netherlands to do it, an Ontario judge has ruled. Employment Lawyer Lior Samfiru told Newstalk 580 CFRA's Rob Snow why this result essentially means that "you can take our employment laws and essentially throw them in the garbage. Rights are of no value if they cannot be enforced.”
Read here about Samfiru Tumarkin LLP's concerns for employees and workplace rights in Ontario.
Read the Ministry of Labour's response in Sara Mojtehedzadeh's article in The Toronto Star.
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