Latest Sharing Economy Headlines
All the headlines from our Sharing Economy Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ford, Lyft, Argo AI Collaborate to Offer Robotaxi Service in Cities
Jul 21 2021 // Self-driving startup Argo AI, carmaker Ford Motor Co. and ride-hail company Lyft Inc. on Wednesday said they partnered to offer robotaxi trips to Lyft customers in Miami and Austin. The service is expected to launch in...
Uber to Share Sexual Assault Claims Data on Website in Deal with California Regulator
Jul 16 2021 // Uber Technologies Inc. on Thursday reached a preliminary agreement with a California regulator for sharing data on sexual assault and harassment claims on its platform while protecting victims’ privacy and avoiding a...
Hawaii Boosting Peer-to-Peer Car Rental Oversight
Jul 5 2021 // The Hawaii Department of Taxation has been boosting its monitoring of peer-to-peer car rentals. The industry operates with the help of apps like Turo, which people can use to rent their personal cars to others. Department...
Hawaii Boosting Peer-to-Peer Car Rental Oversight
Jun 28 2021 // The Hawaii Department of Taxation has been boosting its monitoring of peer-to-peer car rentals. The industry operates with the help of apps like Turo, which people can use to rent their personal cars to others. Department...
Uber to Pay $3.4M to Drivers in Seattle Gig Worker Leave Law Settlement
Jun 25 2021 // Uber has agreed to pay more than $3.4 million to 15,000 drivers after making mistakes related to Seattle’s pioneering paid sick leave law covering gig workers. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Seattle City Council in...
Ridesharing and Auto Collisions
Jun 21 2021 // The increased use of ridesharing apps appears to be associated with a decrease in motor vehicle collisions and impaired driving convictions. That’s according to research by The University of Texas Health Science...
Why Sharing Economy Firms Just Might Be The Best Insurance Customers
Jun 21 2021 // Imagine insurance customers who actually enjoy meeting with their insurance broker. Customers who see insurance not as a nuisance mandate but as an integral part of their own and their customers’ success. Insurance...
Researchers Find Rideshare Use Linked to Decrease in Collisions and Impaired Driving
Jun 15 2021 // The increased use of ridesharing apps appears to be associated with a decrease in motor vehicle collisions and impaired driving convictions,. That’s according to research by The University of Texas Health Science...
Uber Can’t Avoid Driver Classification Lawsuit, Says Supreme Court
May 18 2021 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away Uber’s bid to avoid a lawsuit over whether drivers for the ride-hailing company’s limousine platform UberBLACK are employees and not independent contractors as the...
Oklahoma Bill Creating Framework for Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Signed by Governor
May 10 2021 // Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed into law a bill that sets up a regulatory framework for peer-to-peer car sharing. Senate Bill 355, authored by Sen. Paul Rosino R-Oklahoma City, Rep. Lonnie Sims, R-Jenks, and House...
Why Sharing Economy Firms Just Might Be the Best Insurance Customers
May 5 2021 // Imagine insurance customers who actually enjoy meeting with their insurance broker. Customers who see insurance not as a nuisance mandate but as an integral part of their own and their customers’ success. Insurance...
Uber, Lyft, Other Gig Firms Worried About U.S. Push to Reclassify Workers as Employees
Apr 30 2021 // Under growing threat by a new U.S. administration insistent on reclassifying ride-hail and food delivery workers as employees with full benefits, gig economy companies including Uber, Lyft, Doordash and Instacart are...
Maine Lawsuit Over Uber Driver’s Refusal of Guide Dog Can Go On
Apr 9 2021 // A judge in Maine has ruled that a woman who has impaired vision can go ahead with a claim against Uber, which she has said discriminated against her by refusing to allow her guide dog into a vehicle. The lawsuit stretches...
Judge Rejects Uber Denial of Liability in Student’s Death on Freeway
Apr 5 2021 // Uber Technologies Inc. lost the first round in a lawsuit filed by the relatives of a university student who was run over and killed on a San Diego freeway after one of the company’s drivers allegedly ordered her out...
Former California Uber Driver Convicted of Raping Passengers
Mar 29 2021 // A former Uber driver in Central California was found guilty of sexually assaulting and stealing from five passengers. Jurors took less than three hours to convict Alfonso Alarcon Nunez of 13 felonies, including three...
Judge Lets Massachusetts Claims Over Uber, Lyft Driver Classification Proceed
Mar 26 2021 // A Massachusetts judge on Thursday denied a bid to dismiss a lawsuit by the state’s attorney general challenging Uber’s and Lyft’s classification of drivers as independent contractors instead of employees...
Uber Reclassifies 70,000 UK Drivers as Workers – Providing Minimum Wage, Benefits
Mar 17 2021 // Uber Technologies Inc. will reclassify all 70,000 of its UK drivers as workers, entitling them to the minimum wage, vacation pay and other benefits after a landmark ruling from the Supreme Court last month. The...
Ride-Hailing Firms Uber, Lyft to Share Background Data on Deactivated Drivers
Mar 16 2021 // Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. have created a program to share information about drivers and delivery people deactivated from their platforms for the most serious offenses, furthering a safety push by ride-hailing...
Uber’s UK Court Loss Likely to Trigger More Complaints from Gig Workers Across Europe
Feb 22 2021 // Uber Technologies Inc.’s defeat in a UK legal battle over the way it treats its drivers is set to trigger a wave of complaints from workers across the region. Britain’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that Uber must...
UK Court Rules Uber Drivers Should Be Classed as Workers, in Blow to Business Model
Feb 19 2021 // LONDON – A group of Uber drivers are entitled to worker rights such as the minimum wage, Britain’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday in a blow to the ride-hailing service that has ramifications for millions of others...
