Drivers for the ride service in California may soon receive wages and benefits.VideoFortuneFortune.com
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A judge on Monday ordered ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft to treat their California drivers as employees instead of independent contractors, a shift that would guarantee benefits like overtime, sick leave and expense reimbursement for workers who make up much of the...
The company's success has drawn the ire of taxi drivers who say Uber drivers undercut their business since they usually don't have to comply with costly regulations such as training and licensing. In Britain, Uber is appealing against a labour court ruling that would give its drivers the rig...
Workers’ rights are not applicable to the genuinely self-employed; but nor is it necessary for a worker to be an employee, and ‘workers’ are not entitled to the full array of rights that employees receive. So in the Uber case, the main driver (sorry) behind the c...
Still, the ruling could encourage Uber drivers in other countries to seek recognition as employees. Uber has fought those efforts as the change would raise its operating expenses significantly and go against its business model and identity. The ability to provide cheaper rides has been...
A San Francisco-based appeals court came to the same conclusion in a 2021 case involving Uber, and an appeals court in Boston that year said Lyft Inc drivers were required to arbitrate legal claims against the company. The case hinged on whether Uber's drivers are interstate employees, and ...
Uber launched Tuesday an attempt at England's Court of Appeal to overturn a ruling that the ride-hailing app's drivers are its workers rather than self-employed, as protestors rallied outside. Uber is trying to to overturn employment tribunal findings which could pave the way for tens of tho...
(the “Companies”) claiming that the companies had misclassified their ride-hailing drivers as independent contractors rather than employees according to AB5. On June 25, 2020, the People moved for a preliminary injunction enjoining the companies from classifying their drivers as independent ...
Judge issues injunction against Uber and Lyft, says drivers are employees Uber CEO calls for 'benefits funds' for gig workers Uber, Lyft, DoorDash's gig worker ballot initiative heads to voters in November In his decision on Monday, Schulman disagreed. ...
@Stuart. If the tribunal rules that uber drivers are employees rather than self employed – I don’t agree that this automatically extrapolates across all mini cab businesses. Some of the tests the tribunal applies are (does the driver have a genuine ability to choose which hours to work /...