THE UBER driver's union has threatened to take the San Francisco tech firm to court, over its failure to offer a "sharia compliant" pension plan for its Muslim majority workforce.

The App Drivers & Couriers Union (ADCU) has threatened to sue Uber for failing to provide a pension offering that complies with the tenets of Islamic beliefs, after claiming that the firm's failure to do so breaches the Equality Act 2010.

The ADCU noted that up to threequarters of Uber drivers working in the UK are Muslims, as it called on Uber to set up a pension scheme that avoids investing in businesses that breach Islamic principles, such as those that sell alcohol, weapons or pork.

Union president Yaseen Aslam said "the vast majority of the workforce" are currently excluded from the pension plan, as he claimed the ADCU have previously been "stonewalled" by Uber in their efforts "to resolve the matter quietly."

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