The 2015 changes to Uber’s contract coincided with efforts by the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, an advocacy group for professional drivers,<br />to point out improprieties in the way Uber was calculating its commission, as well as other issues involving improper treatment of drivers.<br />Richard Emery, a plaintiffs’ lawyer who litigated a 2009 case with similar issues, said the change in the contract was “very powerful circumstantial evidence<br />that they understood that their calculation of the commission was wrong.”<br />He added, “It seems clear that they were looking at it.”<br />Uber’s contract covers drivers not just in New York, but in all states where it operates.<br />Mr. Parmar said he first alerted Uber to the issue of the improper commission calculations in December<br />2014, when Uber officials in New York held an event for drivers at a Sheraton hotel in Queens.<br />Separately, a former Uber employee provided an account also indicating<br />that company officials were aware of the commission issue in New York as long ago as 2015.<br />Signs of Wage Error by Uber Came Well Before an Admission -<br />By NOAM SCHEIBERJUNE 1, 2017<br />Uber said last week that it had recently discovered an accounting error<br />that had deprived New York drivers of tens of millions of dollars, and vowed to pay back drivers every cent, with interest.
