U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Review UberBLACK Independent Contractor Dispute

Mealey's (May 17, 2021, 2:03 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on May 17 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Uber Technologies Inc. and its subsidiary seeking review of a dispute with a class of UberBLACK drivers after the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed a trial court’s summary judgment for the rideshare company and arguing that the question of whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is one of law rather than fact....