Mobility Service Provider, Uber has revealed plans to appeal a decision from the Ontario Ministry of Labour that found a Toronto-based courier was an employee.
Records have it that Uber has long held that its workers are independent contractors, and therefore not entitled to the same rights as employees.
But in a recent development, Employment Standards Officer Katherine Haire ordered the company to pay an Uber Eats courier wages he argued were deducted without notice last August, along with wages to make up for missing public holiday pay and minimum wage discrepancies.
According to official sources, the wages add up to a total of $919.37.
Also, the ruling also dinged the mobility service company for not allowing required breaks during all of the courier’s shifts.
Harping on the development, Employment lawyers and advocates opined that the ruling sends a clear message on the issue of employment status that gig platform workers have long fought for.
However, an Uber spokeswoman has averred that the company will appeal the decision.
