French Court Orders Uber to Pay Some $18 Million to Drivers, Company to Appeal

French Court Orders Uber to Pay Some $18 Million to Drivers, Company to Appeal
The logo of Uber at a temporary showroom at the Promenade road during the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2023 in the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 20, 2023. Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
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PARIS—French court on Friday ordered Uber to pay around 17 million euros ($18.43 million) in damages and lost salaries to a group of drivers who argued they should have been treated like employees rather than self-employed, both parties to the case told Reuters.

“This is a huge victory after a long legal battle which started in 2020”, said lawyer Stephane Teyssier who represented the 139 drivers that had brought the case before the Conseil des Prud'hommes labour court in Lyon.