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...
European Gig Workers Hail ‘Landmark’ Directive to Make Them Employees December 9, 2021 By Jillian Deutsch and Ivan Levingston Millions of platform workers in Europe could be on their way to being designated as employees, a move that labor...
Uber UK Accused of Undermining Court Ruling on Worker Rights November 23, 2021 By Ellen Milligan Nine months after the UK Supreme Court made a crucial decision that effectively forced Uber Technologies Inc. to provide worker...
UK Court Rules Uber Drivers Should Be Classed as Workers, in Blow to Business Model February 19, 2021 By Costas Pitas LONDON – A group of Uber drivers are entitled to worker rights such as the minimum wage, Britain’s Supreme Court...
Lawsuit Alleges Uber ‘Cheats’ Public by Avoiding Worker Insurance Payments, Taxes November 21, 2019 By Joel Rosenblat Uber Technologies Inc. faces a new legal attack on its refusal to treat drivers as employees that depicts the company...
Uber Drivers’ Unpaid Mileage Expenses Total $730 Million, Lawyers Claim May 9, 2016 By Dan Levine Drivers who worked for ride-hailing service Uber in California and Massachusetts over the past seven years would have been entitled...
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 Case Tests ‘Sharing Economy’ Business Model August 4, 2015 By Eric Newcomer and Joel Rosenblatt The most serious challenge to Uber Technologies Inc.’s “Be your own Boss” business model might also present an early test...
Uber Expected to Ride Out Employee Ruling, Maintain High Valuation June 22, 2015 By Sarah McBride A California ruling requiring Uber to classify a San Francisco-based driver as an employee instead of an independent contractor could...
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...