By Reuters | Updated: 19 July 2022
Uber Technologies will pay more than $2 million (roughly Rs. 16 crore) and waive wait time fees for disabled passengers to settle the US allegations that the ride share company had violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Department of Justice said on Monday.
As part of a two-year agreement, Uber will waive wait time fees for certified disabled riders and pay $1,738,500 (roughly Rs. 13 crore) to more than 1,000 riders who complained about the charges and $500,000 (roughly Rs. 4 crore) to others harmed by the practice, the department said.
Uber will also credit accounts for more than 65,000 eligible riders, it added.
Uber Technologies will pay more than $2 million (roughly Rs. 16 crore) and waive wait time fees for disabled passengers to settle the US allegations that the ride share company had violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Department of Justice said on Monday.
As part of a two-year agreement, Uber will waive wait time fees for certified disabled riders and pay $1,738,500 (roughly Rs. 13 crore) to more than 1,000 riders who complained about the charges and $500,000 (roughly Rs. 4 crore) to others harmed by the practice, the department said.
Uber will also credit accounts for more than 65,000 eligible riders, it added.
“It has long been our policy to refund wait time fees for riders with a disability when they alerted us that they were charged,” it said, adding that it had made changes before the lawsuit to have disabled riders’ wait time fees waived automatically when Uber is notified that they were charged.
