In a landmark ruling, California’s Labor Commission ruled that Uber drivers are employees, not independent contractors, reports Reuters. For the most part, drivers for ride-sharing services such as ...
The rules could increase labor costs for those businesses and others that use freelancers. But according to advocates, they could provide greater benefits and protections to workers currently ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- A California appeals court has ruled Uber and Lyft violated a state labor law. Thursday's ruling said the rideshare companies misclassified their drivers as contractors rather than ...
WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand’s highest court sided on Monday with a lower court’s ruling that drivers of Uber who brought a case against the rideshare company should be treated as employees, a ...
Two California Democrats have introduced a bill that would allow rideshare drivers to bargain with gig companies, including Uber and Lyft, for better pay and certain benefits. The measure, Assembly ...
A Lyft driver picks up a passenger. (File photo courtesy of Lyft) More than 800,000 drivers for ride-hailing companies in California will be able to join a union under a measure signed Friday by Gov.
The company monitors passenger feedback for risky driver behavior. Some accused of serious sexual assault had prior records ...
NJ argues that by classifying workers like drivers as freelancers, firms such as Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and GrubHub avoid disability and family leave insurance payments, and unemployment payments ...