Uber blasts laws as it’s forced to reinstate banned driver
The rider suspected the outburst was racially motivated.“As a Chinese person, I suspect that he may have acted this way because he saw that we are Asian,” the complaint continued.Uber immediately suspended the driver, but the rider did not respond to follow-up requests for more information. Despite the driver denying the claims, Uber permanently terminated his account shortly after, prompting his FWC appeal.“He said that he was a family oriented, religious and respectful individual and the complaints were entirely baseless,” Commissioner Oanh Thi Tran said. Crucially, Uber directly asked the driver to respond to only three of the 12 complaints over his four-year tenure.
- ▪The rider suspected the outburst was racially motivated.“As a Chinese person, I suspect that he may have acted this way because he saw that we are Asian,” the complaint continued.Uber immediately suspended the driver, but the rider did not
- ▪Despite the driver denying the claims, Uber permanently terminated his account shortly after, prompting his FWC appeal.“He said that he was a family oriented, religious and respectful individual and the complaints were entirely baseless,” C
- ▪Crucially, Uber directly asked the driver to respond to only three of the 12 complaints over his four-year tenure.
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