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...
UK Court of Appeal Confirms Riders for Food Delivery Firm Deliveroo Are Self-Employed June 25, 2021 LONDON – Britain’s Court of Appeal confirmed on Thursday that riders for food delivery firm Deliveroo were self-employed, dismissing a...
Uber, Lyft Must Reclassify Drivers as Employees, Rules California Appeals Court October 23, 2020 A California appeals court on Thursday unanimously ruled against ride-hailing companies Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc., saying they must...
Canada’s Supreme Court Allows Class Action Seeking Employee Status for Uber Drivers June 26, 2020 By Steve Scherer OTTAWA— Canada’s Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of a driver in a gig economy case that paves the...
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...
Judge Temporarily Blocks California Gig Worker Law for Truckers January 2, 2020 By Kanishka Singh A federal judge has temporarily blocked a California labor law meant to take effect Jan. 1 from impacting over 70,000...
UK Court Rules Contractor Entitled to Employment Rights in Test Case for Gig Economy June 18, 2018 By Danica Kirka A London plumber who claimed he was unfairly dismissed after years of working as a contractor won a court ruling...
Uber Drivers Are Not Employees Under Federal Law, Judge Rules April 13, 2018 By Daniel Wiessner A U.S. judge in Philadelphia has ruled that limousine drivers for Uber Technologies Inc. are independent contractors and not the...
U.S. Judge Rules ‘Gig Economy’ Driver Is Independent Contractor February 9, 2018 By Daniel Wiessner A U.S. judge in San Francisco on Thursday said a former Grubhub Inc. delivery driver was an independent contractor and...
How Gig Economy Is Using Private Arbitration to Win on Labor Classification June 6, 2016 By Joel Rosenblat Sharing economy workers’ best shot at suing to rewrite the rules of their employment may soon pass them by. As...