Uber sued by DOJ for alleged discrimination against disabled riders
On June 4, 2019, a man holds a smartphone with the Uber application, which is visible on the screen as a taxis in the background.
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The Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit Uber According to a file, he claimed that the giant on the journey was discriminated against against disabled drivers.
“Despite the importance of services to disabled people, Uber, people with disabilities refuses to get full and equal pleasure from their services,” San Francisco said.
Doj claimed that Uber and his drivers have routinely rejecting disabled individuals, including individuals traveling with service animals or using stacked wheelchairs “.
The complaint also claimed that the drivers “insults disabled people and asked them inappropriate questions.”
“We have a clear zero tolerance policy for approved service rejection and we do not agree with the claim of Doj. He said.
The company said that community guidelines prohibited discrimination, and earlier this year announced a new feature to support drivers with service animals, including a video for drivers to explain the policy.
Doj accused Uber of rejecting his policies and practices in a reasonable way to “change” in order to avoid discrimination against disabled people.
The Federal Government is looking for a jury trial and precautionary measures, money damages, and receives a civilian fine for saying that they are violations of the Disabled Americans Law.
On July 26, 1990, the island was passed by President George HW Bush and the law was signed. At the end Existing CDC data“He reports that more than 61 million US adults or 1 in 4 is disabled.”
