A California court ruled Thursday that Uber and Lyft are not required to reclassify their drivers as employees instead of as independent contractors. The decision allows the services for riding dogs to continue to operate in the state after they threaten to withdraw. Just hours before the verdict, Lyft had …
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Rafael Rodriguez reminds him the moment he learned that Uber and Lyft were leaving Austin. “It was Mother’s Day, and I was with my girl in a restaurant,” he says. ‘I said,’ Now I do not pay for that piña colada. ” Today he laughs about it. But in 2016, …
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While Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. prepared this week to close on riding dogs in California, alternative modes of transportation on-demand say they are ready to pick up the slack. Uber UBER, -0.54% and Lift LIFT, + 1.43% must obey a San Francisco Superior Court judge’s order by midnight …
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Uber and Lyft drivers are supporting them for a shutdown in California, one of the rideshare companies’ biggest brands. For drivers, it’s a bittersweet moment. One who could not come at a lesser time and yet has the promise of a better future. The coronavirus pandemic has hit the so-called …
Read More »Photo: JOSH EDELSON / AFP (Getty Images) The rideshare behemoths in California are Uber and Lyft still looking for ways to get the state’s attempt to classify its drivers as full-time employees, and the long play at this point very appears to be a vote-getter in November. But the two …
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