If you happen to follow Uber’s blog, then you would have got the message from their latest post that you don’t have to tip your Uber driver. It comes after Uber settled a class-action lawsuit filed by drivers accusing the company of unfair labour practises. Time explains:
Uber doesn’t include a tipping feature on its app, but it also doesn’t prohibit passengers from offering drivers a cash tip after a ride.
Uber drivers speaking to the Boston Globe argue that the addition of in-app tipping would help boost their overall compensation.
But Uber says tipping carries undesirable baggage. It’s subject to racial biases, for instance, and it could draw drivers away from poorer neighbourhoods in search of better tippers in more affluent areas.
That makes sense, and Uber isn’t the only business looking out for their employees:
Several high-profile restauranteurs, like Shake Shack founder Danny Meyer, have recently banned tipping at their establishments. Meyer told The New York Times last year that the move would help ensure his workers are paid more equally.
“The gap between what the kitchen and dining room workers make has grown by leaps and bounds,” said Meyer.
[source: time]