For more than two years, ride-hailing companies have fought with their drivers over the drivers’ employment status. Now, one of those companies has found a way to bury the hatchet. Lyft, a popular start-up based in San Francisco, agreed late Tuesday to settle a class-action lawsuit brought in 2013 by Lyft drivers in California.
* Author: Davey Alba.Davey Alba Business * Date of Publication: 01.26.16.01.26.16 * Time of Publication: 1:52 pm.1:52 pm Uber Using Phone Data To Track How Fast Drivers Are Going Ride-hailing giant Uber says it’s using smartphone gyrometer data to double-check if drivers on its platform are speeding. At least, it does for a portion of its drivers on a new pilot program. Joe Sullivan, Uber’s …
Lyft also can’t drop drivers whenever it wants. The company can only terminate someone based on a number of predetermined reasons, such as low passenger ratings. Even then, the driver will be given the chance to air their side of the story.
In the ongoing legal battles over worker misclassification in the on-demand economy, tech companies are taking different approaches to make the lawsuits go away. They can fight, as Uber is currently doing in San Francisco’s federal court; the case is expected to go to trial this year. They can give in, as many smaller delivery companies have done, reclassifying their workers as employees …
Lyft will not have to reclassify its drivers as employees after reaching a settlement yesterday, in which it agreed to pay $12.25 million extra in compensation and benefits. Uber is facing a similar lawsuit from its drivers, but a quirk in the litigation could make the outcome way worse for the world’s biggest ride-hail company. In challenging their status as independent contractors, Lyft’s …
In the northwest corner of Los Angeles, gated communities and newly-built micro-mansions cluster through the mountains overlooking the San Fernando Valley. To the casual onlooker it would appear to be a typical day in the upscale neighborhood of Porter Ranch: Cars snake through the In-N-Out drive-thru, cyclists power past skateboarding teenagers down paved paths, and kids and parents can be …
This lawsuit alleges that Maibec, who manufactures and sells wood shingles made from Eastern White Cedar trees sold to the public under the brand names Nantucket, Kennebunk and Bar Harbor, are defective as the shingles are plagued by design flaws that result in warping, peeling, cracking, buckling and curling. The lawsuit also alleges that Maibec breached its express warranty to customers by …
If you haven’t made partner, you haven’t failed This year will be marked not only by a sweep of fresh class actions, but an increase in corporate legal battles as litigation funders bring online a range of new products. Executive chairman Philip Kapp of listed funder JustKapital said the main area of concentration for litigation funders over the next year was an expected growth in corporate …
The embattled daily fantasy sports industry had another shot fired across its bow Saturday as two Florida-based men filed a major class-action lawsuit. According to Michael McCann of SI.com, daily fantasy sports customers Antonio Gomez and John Gerecs filed the suit against roughly 50 entities with ties to DFS, including DraftKings and FanDuel. Rachel Axon of USA Today later confirmed the report.
U.S. companies spend millions annually on diversity programs and policies. Mission statements and recruitment materials touting companies’ commitment to diversity are ubiquitous. And many managers are tasked with the complex goal of “managing diversity” – which can mean anything from ensuring equal employment opportunity compliance, to instituting cultural sensitivity training programs, to …