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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Uber
Current Parent Company: Uber Technologies
Penalty: $290,000,000
Year: 2023
Date: November 2, 2023
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: wage and hour violation
Mega-Scandal: Wage Theft
Violation Description: Uber and Lyft have agreed to resolve settlements from a multi-year investigation into the companies, which found that the companies' policies withheld hard-earned pay from drivers and prevented them from receiving valuable benefits available under New York labor laws. The settlements announced today will return $328 million in back pay to drivers and institute a minimum driver earnings floor, paid sick leave, proper hiring and earnings notices, and other improvements in drivers' working conditions. Uber will pay $290 million and Lyft will pay $38 million into two separate settlement funds which will be entirely distributed to current and former drivers.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: New York Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: New York
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: miscellaneous services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: ride-sharing services
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