A proposed class-action lawsuit against Winnipeg-based food delivery service Skip the Dishes can now move forward through Manitoba courts, after the Supreme Court of Canada reached a decision last month in a similar case involving an Ontario Uber Eats driver. The Supreme Court decision, released on June 26, doesn't deal with whether or not Uber drivers are employees or independent contractors. Now that the Supreme Court has ruled in the Uber case, the Skip the Dishes case is set to move to a case management hearing in mid-September, says a lawyer representing Pokornik's class-action application. "But what … we're grateful for, is the Supreme Court has engaged in this issue, and the issues arising from the gig economy, which affects so many people in this country." A spokesperson for Skip the Dishes declined to comment, as the case is before the court.

Source: CBC News July 08, 2020 19:38 UTC