Federal Judge Temporarily Exempts Truck Drivers from California Gig Worker Law January 2, 2020 By Kanishka Singh A federal judge has temporarily blocked a California labor law meant to take effect from Jan. 1 from impacting over...
Uber, Postmates Sue California to Block Gig-Worker Law December 31, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt and Ellen Huet Uber Technologies Inc. and Postmates Inc. sued the state of California, alleging that a labor rights law set to go...
Uber Accused of Cheating the Public in Driver’s Suit Over Pay November 21, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt Uber Technologies Inc. faces a new legal attack on its refusal to treat drivers as employees that depicts the company...
Don’t Even Think of Selling CBD as a Door-to-Door Vacuum Salesperson October 29, 2019 By Katherine Chiglinsky and Craig Giammona Executives at Kirby Co.’s home office noticed an odd trend: Its door-to-door vacuum-cleaner salespeople were increasingly involved in the same...
Union Splits From Uber and Lyft on California Worker Rights Law July 26, 2019 By Josh Eidelson Uber and Lyft suffered a setback in their months-long fight against rules that could force them to reclassify California drivers...
Uber’s Arbitration Addiction Could Be Death by 60,000 Cuts May 8, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt For Uber Technologies Inc., using legal arbitration to deal with driver compensation complaints — over anything from pay to overtime...
‘Gig’ Economy May Not Be the Workforce of the Future September 25, 2018 By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER The “gig” economy might not be the new frontier for America’s workforce after all. From Uber to TaskRabbit to YourMechanic,...
UK Report Suggests New Definition of Worker in Age of Gig Economy July 12, 2017 By Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View In the contentious matter of whether gig economy workers are the employees of the platforms they work from, positions are...
Airbnb’s San Francisco Legal Showdown May Set Rules on Gig Economy October 10, 2016 By Joel Rosenblatt Airbnb Inc. has a message for cities that try to enforce rules that crimp its couch-surfing style: See you in...
Changes to Gig Economy Expected After Uber Drivers’ $100M Deal April 25, 2016 By Joel Rosenblatt Uber Technologies Inc. resolved the biggest threat to its business by settling with California drivers suing to be treated more...