Uber’s Upfront Pricing May Violate Driver Agreements

Uber may improperly underpay drivers with a feature that gives customers an estimate of a trip’s fare before they get underway, a federal judge in California ruled (Dulberg v. Uber Techs., Inc., 2017 BL 265762, N.D. Cal., No. 3:17-cv-00850, 7/31/17).

The decision allows driver Martin Dulberg to move ahead with his claim that the company violates a provision in its driver agreement that requires it to use the same formula to calculate the amounts it charges customers and pays drivers. Drivers receive the balance of the fare that remains after Uber takes a percentage cut as its service ...