Ride-Share Drivers in Boston Are Losing Their Jobs Over Decades-Old Offenses
“It turned out that Hardy was one of more than 8,000 transportation network company (TNC) drivers across the state whose driving certificates were revoked under a new set of disqualifying criteria as part of more stringent background checks signed by Governor Charlie Baker, effective January 2017. ‘I was working one day and the next day I wasn’t,’ says Hardy. As of April, approximately 400 or 500 disqualifications had been successfully appealed, according to WBUR; as of June 7, there were 1,933 appeals, 593 of which were successful, according to the DPU.”