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Re:Uber ordered to pay $1.1M to blind woman refused rides by Ekaros on Monday April 05, 2021 @03:19PM (#26703354)
If the Uber drivers are independent contractors. Wouldn't they be a business under 15 employees, thus not required to be ADA compliant?
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Re:Uber ordered to pay $1.1M to blind woman refused rides by Miner49er on Monday April 05, 2021 @03:22PM (#26703390)
Well apparently not, or Uber would have won this court case, I think.
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Re:Uber ordered to pay $1.1M to blind woman refused rides by Ekaros on Monday April 05, 2021 @03:36PM (#26703572)
Uber has more than 15 employees. As such they need to be compliant, their contractors do not... It's weird situation, but applies to any areas where we are dealing with small subcontractors.
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Re:Uber ordered to pay $1.1M to blind woman refused rides by bonzini on Monday April 05, 2021 @04:51PM (#26704546)
But it makes sense, Uber makes an app that offers a service or has to design the UI and UX of the app so that its customers can have the service that is required by the ADA. How they handle this with their contractors is none of the Uber customers' business.
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