Editorial credit: Tero Vesalainen / Shutterstock.com By Amir Khafagy | Documented The claim process for Uber and Lyft drivers to receive their portion of the back pay settlement began on March 7. Following the New York State Attorney General’s investigation on wage theft, on November 2, Uber and Lyft agreed to a $328 million settlement on wage […]
Editorial credit: Proxima Studio / Shutterstock.com By NYAG Pres | November 2, 2023 Uber to Pay $290 Million and Lyft to Pay $38 Million in Largest Wage Theft Settlement OAG Has Ever Won; Full Amount Will Go to Drivers Who Were Cheated As Part of the Settlement, Drivers Will Also Receive Mandatory Paid Sick Leave, […]
Deliveristas rally outside New York County Courthouse ahead of a hearing about minimum app pay rates, Aug. 3, 2023. Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Claudia Irizarry Aponte | September 28, 2023 Judge affirms city rules mandating at least $17.96 an hour before tips for Uber, Grubhub and DoorDash workers, clearing New York as the first major […]
Uber Technologies Inc. is being sued by hundreds of women across the US who claim to have been assaulted by drivers on the platform. Women were “kidnapped, sexually assaulted, sexually battered, raped, falsely imprisoned, stalked, harassed or otherwise attacked” in their rides. It is claimed that Uber has known about the sexual misconduct of some […]
Indianapolis – Circa July 2017: Ride sharing companies Lyft and Uber pickup spot at the airport. Lyft and Uber have replaced many Taxi cabs for transportation I – Shutterstock Image By BBC News California lawmakers have passed a bill that paves the way for gig economy workers to get holiday and sick pay. Assembly Bill […]
By Hamilton Nolan, Splinter News When a company goes public, though, there are lots of bothersome reporting requirements and big investors who want to see annoying things like “profits,” and all the early VC guys have already waltzed off with their money, and suddenly things can get very grim. Which brings us to the famous […]