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Uber Enacts Stricter Background Checks for Drivers
The New York Times • • business
Key Points:
- Uber announced major changes to its background check policies following a New York Times investigation that revealed the company had allowed drivers with violent felony convictions and other serious crimes if the offenses were over seven years old.
- The company will now permanently bar drivers with prior convictions for violent felonies, sexual crimes, stalking, and strangulation-related offenses in the United States, regardless of when the crimes occurred.
- Background checks for new drivers will be expanded to cover their entire residential history rather than just the past seven years, and current drivers will be re-screened annually.
- These stricter policies will also apply to couriers working for Uber’s delivery services, such as Uber Eats.
- Uber stated it consulted with civil rights and women’s safety leaders to update its screening procedures to better meet current safety expectations.
