{"id":80126,"date":"2026-04-20T19:05:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T02:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=80126"},"modified":"2026-04-20T19:05:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T02:05:18","slug":"first-of-its-kind-lawsuit-filed-today-alleges-ubers-failure-to-provide-an-appeals-process-for-terminated-drivers-violates-prop-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=80126","title":{"rendered":"First of its Kind Lawsuit Filed Today Alleges Uber\u2019s Failure to Provide an Appeals Process for Terminated Drivers Violates Prop 22"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lawsuit seeks determination that because of Uber\u2019s failure to comply with Proposition 22, drivers may seek relief under the California Labor Code, based upon their misclassification as independent contractors.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

San Francisco, CA: <\/b>Today, Rideshare Drivers United and attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan announced a new lawsuit against Uber alleging that the company is in violation of the Protect App-Based Drivers and Services Act, known as Prop 22. While Prop 22 passage was supported with $52 million from Uber, the company is failing to provide some of the few benefits provided by the law, including the requirement that companies provide an appeals process for terminated drivers. The lawsuit was filed in the County of San Francisco Superior Court.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Prop 22 provides that \u201capp-based drivers\u201d are independent contractors if certain conditions are met. One of Prop 22\u2019s protections is that drivers would have an appeals process for challenging their terminations. Given that Uber has not satisfied the requirements of Proposition 22, including its failure to provide a bona fide appeals process for terminated drivers, Uber cannot maintain its contention that its drivers are independent contractors under California law.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The plaintiff, Rideshare Drivers United (www.drivers-united.org), has more than 20,000 members who work as \u201capp-based drivers\u201d in California, many of whom work for Uber. Under Prop 22, these drivers are afforded certain benefits, including the right to an appeals process if they are terminated. However, Uber has not provided any bona fide appeals process for drivers to challenge their terminations (or \u201cdeactivations\u201d, as Uber calls them), and no appeals process that comports with any standards of due process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As a result of Uber\u2019s failure to comply with this provision of Prop 22, many Uber drivers have been terminated for unjustifiable reasons. Drivers have had no real recourse to challenge their terminations. These terminations have caused severe financial and emotional harm to drivers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was deactivated, I had a 4.96 rating on over 18,000 rides and have been driving on the platform for more than eight years without incident,\u201d said Devins Baker, a San Francisco driver and member of RDU. \u201cI was shocked that the company said I was driving unsafely, with no further explanation. When I tried to appeal, they would not engage with me, by internet, phone, or in person. As a professional, this was devastating and harmed me financially.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSince Prop 22 passed, we\u2019ve heard from hundreds of drivers across California about being deactivated and then essentially ignored by Uber,\u201d said Jason Munderloh, Bay Area Chapter Chair of the statewide organization, Rideshare Drivers United. \u201cUber and the other companies spent over $200 million to buy themselves a law that works for them, not for drivers. And now they\u2019re not even following the basic protections that are in it, like a real appeals process for deactivations. Drivers are left in limbo for weeks, not knowing if they\u2019ll ever get their jobs back. That\u2019s not acceptable, and it\u2019s time to hold Uber accountable.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to failing to institute an appeals process, the lawsuit alleges that Uber is violating Prop 22 in a number of ways, including:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n