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California Wants Judge to Force Uber, Lyft to Classify Drivers as Employees
Jun 25 2020 // California plans to ask a state court judge to force Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. to classify their ride-hail drivers as employees rather than contractors, ratcheting up the tension over a new gig worker...
Lyft Settles Disabled Discrimination Claims in California
Jun 24 2020 // Lyft Inc. has agreed to settle allegations that it violated federal law when some of its drivers refused to give rides to people using folding walkers or collapsible wheelchairs in the Los Angeles area, the U.S....
California Regulator Says Uber, Lyft Drivers Are Employees
Jun 11 2020 // Drivers working for ride-hailing services such as Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc will be considered employees under California’s new gig worker law, the state’s leading industry regulator said on...
California Attorney General and City Attorneys Sue Uber, Lyft for Worker Misclassification
May 5 2020 // California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and the city attorneys of Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco, on Tuesday sued Uber and Lyft for misclassifying their drivers as independent contractors in violation of the...
Gig Workers Seeking Coronavirus Unemployment Insurance Frustrated
Apr 3 2020 // Uber and Lyft drivers are hitting a wall in their efforts to apply for the coronavirus jobless benefits promised by Congress as state agencies say they are not ready to handle a class of workers who are totally new to the...
As Coronavirus Threatens Gig Workers, Uber Presses for New Worker Classification
Mar 25 2020 // As independent contractors, U.S. ride-hail drivers for Uber and Lyft benefited from soaring trip demand and flexible work hours. But as the coronavirus brings large parts of the country to a halt, drivers and companies are...
Uber, Lyft to Halt Shared Rides to Help Limit Coronavirus Spread
Mar 17 2020 // Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. Tuesday began suspending shared rides on their ride-hailing platforms in the United States and Canada to limit the spread of the coronavirus. The pooled option, which allows riders to...
Lyft Hopes New Expert Council Improves Safety for Riders, Drivers
Jan 23 2020 // Lyft Inc is putting together a council of experts to advise the ride-hailing company on its safety initiatives for riders and drivers, it said in a blog post on Tuesday. The Safety Advisory Council will include...
Uber Gets Mixed Reaction to Public Report on Sex Assaults. Now What?
Dec 9 2019 // A day after Uber revealed that more than 3,000 riders and drivers were sexually assaulted last year while using its service, attention is turning to what’s next for the ride-hailing giant and whether its plans to...
Video Shows Lyft Driver Dragging Woman from Car in California
Dec 2 2019 // Los Angeles police say they’ve cited a Lyft driver for misdemeanor battery after video showed him dragging a passenger out of a car. Alessandra Ward says she suffered a black eye, bruises and a possible concussion...
Video Shows Lyft Driver Dragging Woman from Car in California
Nov 22 2019 // Los Angeles police say they’ve cited a Lyft driver for misdemeanor battery after video showed him dragging a passenger out of a car. Alessandra Ward says she suffered a black eye, bruises and a possible concussion...
Uber And Lyft Will Ask California Voters to Block Employee Law
Oct 31 2019 // Some of the country’s largest ridesharing companies proposed a California law on Tuesday that would let them continue to treat drivers as independent contractors while also guaranteeing them a minimum wage and money...
Insurance Cost Strategy Key to Lyft’s Path to Profitability
Oct 31 2019 // Ride-hailing company Lyft Inc. on Wednesday said higher-than-expected third-quarter revenues and an improved outlook showed it was well on its way to profitability by the end of 2021. As pressure to become profitable...
Lyft, Uber Bypass House Panel Hearing on Transportation Safety and Labor Conditions
Oct 17 2019 // Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. skipped a U.S. House of Representatives hearing the ride-hailing industry, angering lawmakers who threatened tighter regulation for the fast-growing market. The two ride-hailing...
Willis Towers Watson Adds Lyft’s Hurley in California
Oct 16 2019 // Willis Towers Watson has named Joseph Hurley director or corporate risk and broking. He will work out of Willis Towers Watson’s Silicon Valley tech center in California, where he will lead the firm’s platform...
Uber, Lyft Balk at Revealing Contracted Drivers’ Names; Claim ‘Trade Secrets’
Sep 4 2019 // Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. have argued to Chicago city officials that the names of their drivers should be treated as “trade secrets,” and should not be released because competitors could use the...
Uber, Lyft Pledge $60M to Fight Possible California Labor Ballot
Aug 30 2019 // Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. are putting $60 million behind a potential ballot measure to ensure they don’t have to reclassify their California drivers as employees. The ride-hailing giants and other gig...
Female Customers Sue Lyft Alleging Sexual Assaults by Drivers
Aug 13 2019 // Lyft Inc.’s image as the “woke” ride-hailing company faces a new challenge from a rash of lawsuits filed by women who claim they were sexually assaulted by drivers summoned to take them home after...
Union Not Siding with Rideshare Operators on California Labor Law
Jul 26 2019 // Uber and Lyft suffered a setback in their months-long fight against rules that could force them to reclassify California drivers as employees. The ridesharing companies, along with other businesses that depend on...
Lyft Vows to Make Driverless Data Public
Jul 25 2019 // Lyft Inc. is making research data on self-driving technology available to the public in a bid to accelerate the development of robotic cars, which is seen as critical to the ride-hailing giant’s future...
