Uber Avoids Liability for Driver’s Assault on Passenger February 6, 2025 Uber Technologies “is not an insurer” and so when one of its drivers assaults a rider, the ride-hailing company is...
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...
Status of Uber, Lyft Gig Workers Riding On Massachusetts Court Fight May 6, 2024 By Nate Raymond Massachusetts has become the latest front in a years-long battle in the United States over whether ride-share drivers for Uber...
Dutch Court Rules Uber Drivers Are Taxi Employees, Not Contractors September 13, 2021 By Anthony Deutsch and Toby Sterling Uber drivers are employees entitled to greater workers’ rights under local labor laws, a Dutch court ruled on Monday, handing...
Platforms’ Gig Worker Measure Moves Step Closer to Ballot in Massachusetts September 2, 2021 By Nate Raymond Massachusetts’ attorney general on Wednesday gave backers of a proposed ballot measure, which would define drivers for app-based companies like...
Lawmakers Look to Spruce Up Gig Work Rather Than Replace It March 19, 2021 By Josh Eidelson Last week in Washington, the Democratic-controlled U.S. House passed a sweeping labor law overhaul that would make it much easier...
Uber Urges EU to Recognize Gig Business Model as UK Court Is Set to Rule February 17, 2021 By Foo Yun Chee Uber on Monday called on EU regulators to recognize the value of independent contracts in job creation as they consider...
Companies Hope to Take California Gig Worker Classification Law Nationwide November 8, 2020 By Tina Bellon and Munsif Vengattil Gig economy companies want to turn California voters’ decision to make ride-service drivers contractors into a model for the nation,...
California Voters Back Ballot Measure Treating Gig Drivers as Contractors November 8, 2020 By Brian Melley Uber, Lyft and other app-based ride-hailing and delivery services spent $200 million in a winning bet to circumvent California lawmakers...
Judge May Not Grant Injunction Forcing Uber, Lyft to Classify Drivers as Employees August 7, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel A California judge signaled on Thursday he might be leaning against a request for a preliminary injunction forcing Uber Technologies...