Uber Technologies Inc on Thursday for the first time
detailed how much it has spent to support its ride-hail drivers and food
delivery workers during the coronavirus crisis, which has battered the company
and forced it to lay off thousands of employees.
The company said in a blog post that it had spent $19
million as of mid-May in direct two-week financial assistance to a total of
nearly 48,900 drivers worldwide who were infected by the coronavirus or ordered
to quarantine.
Half of that amount was paid out to 12,350 drivers and
delivery workers in the United States and Canada, Uber's largest market and
where it has some 1.3 million drivers.
Under the program announced in mid-March, North American
drivers received an average of nearly $650, but payout amounts varied widely by
location, with Uber limiting the maximum payment per city and calculating
support based on prior earnings. (ndtv)
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