Following a hung jury and the subsequent denial of the parties’ motions for post-trial relief, a second jury trial is scheduled June 10 in an ongoing dispute between three former UberBLACK drivers and Uber as to whether the Philadelphia-based drivers were misclassified as independent contractors, rather than employees.
In a Tuesday decision, U.S. District Judge Michael M. Baylson of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied motions filed by the plaintiff, Ali Razak, and the defendant, Uber Technologies, after a jury could not reach a unanimous decision at trial in March. The plaintiff claims that Uber misclassified the drivers as independent contractors rather than employees, precluding them from obtaining benefits and compensation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act (PMWA), and the Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law (WPCL).