Uber’s attorney, Theane Evangelis, expressed disappointment with the decision, stating in an email that the ruling was incorrect. She added that the Supreme Court could potentially address this legal issue in a future case....
Ride-share drivers in Los Angeles , San Francisco and San Diego held demonstrations in front of city hall buildings on Wednesday as California state attorney General Rob Bonta, city attorneys and attorneys representing ride-share drivers continue negotiations next week with Uber and Lyft to se...
Uber Eats –Uber Eats provides similar coverage to couriers as it does to drivers, “$1 million of liability coverage per incident. Uber holds a commercial insurance policy with $1 million of coverage per incident. Drivers’ liability to third parties is covered from the moment a driver accepts...
"Not only is this a victory for the tens of thousands of Uber and Lyft drivers working to put a roof over their heads and food on the table, this ruling is about fairness, making it clear that these companies must stop shifting their costs onto the taxpayers while their CEO's p...
Uber must also pay the state $148 million to resolve alleged labor violations, while Lyft must pay $27 million. “For years, these companies have underpaid their drivers and denied them basic benefits,” Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell said in a statement. ...
BOSTON (AP) — Drivers for Uber and Lyft will earn a minimum pay standard of $32.50 per hour under a settlement announced Thursday by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell, in a deal that also includes a suite of benefits and protections. The tw
Uber and Lyft had threatened to pull out of California, which would have left tens of thousands ofdriverswithout work. On Tuesday, Uber's attorney Theodore Boutrous faced the court's three judges to argue that law AB5 would force the company "to completely change its business model." ...
In an informal poll taken during a gathering of about 60 drivers late last year, about half said they thought Uber and Lyft’s algorithms were working to limit their pay to the minimum wage. A spokesperson for Attorney General Andrea Campbell, who negotiated the ...
On May 5, 2020, the Attorney General of California along with other government entities (the “People”) sued Uber Technologies, Inc. and Lyft, Inc. (the “Companies”) claiming that the companies had misclassified their ride-hailing drivers as independent contractors rather than employees accordi...
The measure was backed by the Service Employees International Union and the International Association of Machinists and was endorsed by several top political leaders, including Andrea Campbell, the state's Democratic attorney general. Campbell in June secured a settlement with Uber and Lyft requi...