Lyft to Pay $2 Million to Resolve FTC Suit Over Driver Pay October 28, 2024 By Malathi Nayak and Natalie Lung Lyft Inc. agreed to pay $2.1 million to resolve a lawsuit by the US Federal Trade Commission accusing the ride-hailing...
Uber Hit With £250 Million Suit From London’s Black Cab Drivers May 3, 2024 By Upmanyu Trivedi Uber Technologies Inc. was sued by thousands of London’s black cab drivers in a suit seeking hundreds of million pounds...
New Contractor Rule to Be Unveiled Soon That Could Upend Gig Economy January 9, 2024 By Daniel Wiessner and David Shepardson The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden will release a final rule as soon as this week that will make...
Opera Workers’ Ruling Offers Path for Uber, Lyft Drivers to Unionize June 15, 2023 By Josh Eidelson A US labor board ruling on Tuesday laid the groundwork for drivers from Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. and...
Court Rules Uber, Lyft Can Classify Gig Workers as Contractors March 14, 2023 By Jackie Davalos Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc. and other gig economy companies scored a victory after a California appeals court upheld the...
Supreme Court Gives Boost to Domino’s in Arbitration Case October 18, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave a boost to Domino’s Pizza Inc’s bid to force delivery drivers to bring...
Legal Challenges Could Hamper U.S. Rule to Limit Independent Contracting October 12, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner Business groups will almost certainly file lawsuits in an attempt to delay or derail a rule proposed by the Biden...
California Throws 70K Truckers in Gig-Work Legal Limbo, Risking Supply Chains July 11, 2022 By Augusta Saraiva and Ngai Yeung About 70,000 truck owner-operators who form the bedrock of California’s transport industry are in limbo as state-level labor rules start...
Ohio Supreme Court: Ditch Diggers Misclassified as Independent Contractors May 27, 2022 By Jim Sams Ditch diggers who accepted work assignments online and used their own spades and shovels to do the work cannot be...
Deliveroo Found Guilty, Fined for Abusing Riders’ Rights in France April 20, 2022 By Mathieu Rosemain Two former managers of Deliveroo were given suspended one-year prison sentences and fined 30,000 euros ($32,380) by a French court...