Uber Settles Claims of Sexual Assault by Drivers November 4, 2016 By Joel Rosenblat Uber Technologies Inc. settled a lawsuit filed by two women who sought to hold the company responsible for alleged sexual...
Drivers Take Uber to UK Tribunal in Test Case that Could Threaten Business Model July 19, 2016 Two drivers took Uber to a British employment tribunal on Tuesday, arguing that the ride service is acting unlawfully by...
Few Rideshare Drivers Have Insurance, But Interest is Growing February 29, 2016 By Don Jergler A large portion of rideshare drivers do not have the required insurance – but more are buying it, or seem...
Lyft’s $12 Million Settlement with Ridesharing Drivers Avoids Employee Classification January 27, 2016 By Dan Levine and Heather Somerville Ride-hailing service Lyft has agreed to settle a proposed class action lawsuit in California by giving drivers additional workplace protections...
Uber Winning Support in States for Classifying Drivers as Contractors December 11, 2015 By Dan Levine and Heather Somerville State legislators in Ohio and Florida are moving ahead with regulations governing Uber and other ride services that would designate...
Uber Drivers’ Class Action Raises Worker Classification, Arbitration, Liability Issues November 24, 2015 By Joel Rosenblatt Fifty seven and a half cents for every mile logged. That’s the latest demand from Uber Technologies Inc. drivers in...
Uber Driver Arrested in Florida City for Violating Ordinance July 17, 2015 Police in Key West, Fla., have arrested an Uber driver following a crackdown on unlicensed vehicle-for-hire drivers. Spokeswoman Alyson Crean...
NYC Taxi Regulator Sides With Uber in Employee vs. Contractor Debate July 14, 2015 By Henry Goldman New York considers drivers for ride-hailing car services such as Uber freelance workers rather than employees, according to the city’s...
New Worker Classification Needed for Sharing Economy, Uber Drivers June 24, 2015 By Justin Fox, Bloomberg Opinion This question of whether an Uber driver is an employee doesn’t matter just to Uber. As you may have heard,...
How Ruling That Drivers Are Employees Upends Uber Business Model June 19, 2015 By Megan McArdle, Bloomberg View If you’re a freelance writer who occasionally sells articles to a website, are you actually an employee? If you live...