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Uber found liable for sexual assault by driver and ordered to pay victim $8.5m

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Verdict could influence more than 3,000 similar cases against ride-hailing companyA federal jury in Phoenix ordered Uber on Thursday to pay $8.5m after finding the company liable in a lawsuit brought by a woman who said she was sexually assaulted by a driver. The verdict could influence thousands of similar cases against the ride-hailing company.The […]

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My work went from air-conditioned offices to delivering food on a bike. The culture shock is significant | David Rayfield

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The plan was to get on a bicycle to earn some money. It wasn’t to get hit by cars, thumped by skinheads or to see my surroundings in a whole new lightGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailAt first I didn’t realise I’d been punched. I’m not sure why my brain assumed a bird had

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Uber rewrites contracts with drivers to avoid paying UK’s new ‘taxi tax’

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Hailing app will now act as agent rather than supplier outside London, avoiding VAT requirement, although change is not permitted in LondonUber has swerved paying millions of pounds to the UK exchequer under Rachel Reeves’s new “taxi tax” after the ride-hailing app rewrote contracts with its drivers.The move came as rules announced in November’s budget

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