A federal district court in Washington state nixed Uber’s challenge to a Seattle law aimed at protecting gig workers from being randomly cut off from their jobs, rejecting the company’s claims of First Amendment violations.
In August 2023, Seattle signed into law the “App-Based Worker Deactivation Rights Ordinance.” The law covers gig workers such as those engaged in food delivery, providing them with rights and protections related to deactivation—when the employer blocks an employee from the app, which prevents them from working.
