Uber hit with default ‘robo-firing’ ruling after another EU labor rights GDPR challenge

Labor activists challenging Uber over what

they allege are ‘robo-firings’ of drivers in Europe have trumpeted

winning a default judgement in the Netherlands — where the Court of

Amsterdam ordered the ride-hailing giant to reinstate six drivers who the litigants claim were unfairly terminated “by algorithmic means”.The court also ordered Uber to pay the fired drivers compensation.The

challenge references Article 22 of the European Union’s General Data

Protection Regulation (GDPR) — which provides protects for individuals

against purely automated decisions with a legal or significant impact.