employees – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Mon, 15 Jul 2024 20:34:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Uber Canada sharing details of self-directed benefits fund for gig workers https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/benefits-law/uber-canada-sharing-details-of-self-directed-benefits-fund-for-gig-workers/ Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:00:29 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=106513 Uber Technologies Inc. is revealing more details of a labour model it’s pitching to Canadian provinces and territories, a model that’s drawn opposition from some worker groups. The Flexible Work+ model the San Francisco-based tech giant has pushed since March asks provinces and territories to force Uber and other app-based companies to create a self-directed […]

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]]> Ontario court certifying Uber class action over employee classification https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/benefits-law/ontario-court-certifying-uber-class-action-over-employee-classification/ Fri, 13 Aug 2021 19:00:05 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=105700 Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice has certified a class-action lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc., which advances a fight to get some of the platform’s Canadian couriers and drivers recognized as employees. The class action was certified by Judge Justin Paul Perell in a decision released late Thursday afternoon and stems from a court filing made […]

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