Plumbing Supply Firm Loses Appeal Over Sales Reps’ Overtime Pay September 13, 2024 A federal appeals court has upheld a district court ruling that a wholesale distributor of plumbing supplies has wrongly exempted...
Judge Ends Uber Black Drivers’ ‘Futile’ Court Quest for Employee Status in Pennsylvania August 2, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson Eight years of litigation, multiple court opinions, and two deadlocked trials are enough. A federal judge in Pennsylvania has put...
Plumbing Supply Firm Fights Sales Reps’ Court Award of $3.2M Overtime Wages November 7, 2023 The U.S. Department of Labor expects to recover more than $3.2 million in overtime back wages for more than 700...
Class Action Targets Grocery Delivery Firm for Alleged Unpaid Wages August 4, 2023 A delivery driver in Massachusetts has filed a proposed class action against a grocery delivery company and grocery chain for...
Unions Divided Over Big Gig Firms’ Lobbying for State Worker Laws, Benefits June 9, 2021 By Tina Bellon Uber and other gig economy companies are trying a new approach to ending their battles with unions, and getting ahead...
Biden Labor Department Nixes Trump Rule Affecting Gig Workers May 5, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson The U.S. Department of Labor announced it is withdrawing a rule by the previous Trump Administration affecting independent contractors that...
Labor Department Eyes Simpler Rule for Classifying Independent Contractors September 23, 2020 By Daniel Wiessner The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday said it would soon propose a rule that could make it easier to...
California Wants Judge to Force Uber, Lyft to Classify Drivers as Employees June 25, 2020 By Tina Bellon California plans to ask a state court judge to force Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. to classify their ride-hail...
As Coronavirus Threatens Gig Workers, Uber Presses for New Worker Classification March 25, 2020 By Tina Bellon and Nivedita Balu As independent contractors, U.S. ride-hail drivers for Uber and Lyft benefited from soaring trip demand and flexible work hours. But...
Rhode Island Judge Says Jury Should Decide if Uber Can Be Liable for Crash January 29, 2020 A jury should determine whether Uber ought to be held responsible for a passenger’s injuries, a federal judge in Rhode...