CFPB Sues Walmart, Scheduling Platform for Alleged Illegal Pay Practices for Gig Drivers January 6, 2025 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has sued Walmart and work scheduling platform Branch Messenger for allegedly forcing delivery drivers that...
California Companies Wrote Their Own Gig Worker Law, but Now No One Is Enforcing It September 9, 2024 By Levi Sumagaysay Nearly four years after California voters approved better wages and health benefits for ride-hailing drivers and delivery workers, no one...
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...
Uber, Lyft, DoorDash Prevail in California Gig-Worker Ruling July 25, 2024 By Natalie Lung Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. can keep classifying California drivers as independent contractors, after the state’s top court said...
As Demand for Food Delivery Skyrockets So Do Complaints About Drivers June 12, 2024 By Michael Casey A soaring demand for food delivered fast has spawned small armies of couriers — and increasing alarm — in big...
California Court to Weigh Fate of Law Treating App-Based Drivers as Contractors May 21, 2024 By Daniel Wiessner California’s top state court on Tuesday will consider a labor union’s challenge to a ballot measure allowing app-based services such...
New York Fund for Injured Black Car Drivers Wins Surcharge Fight January 3, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson The New York workers’ compensation fund for black car drivers was within its authority to impose a 2.5% surcharge on...
California Court Rules for Uber, Lyft in Ridesharing Case March 15, 2023 By Adam Beam App-based ride hailing and delivery companies like Uber and Lyft can continue to treat their California drivers as independent contractors,...
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...
Seattle Ending Virus Emergency Proclamation, Rules for Gig Workers Changing October 13, 2022 The City of Seattle, Washington, will end its COVID-19 emergency proclamation at the end of October. Mayor Bruce Harrell said...