Image: Tibrina Hobson (Getty Images) San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced Wednesday that he has filed a motion that would force DoorDash to classify suppliers as employees rather than as self-employed, a predatory pay system that the employers of gig economy benefit greatly, at the expense of basic protection …
Read More »Uber and Lyft lose bid to exploit their drivers for just a little longer
Photo: Mario Tama (Getty Images) On Thursday, a judge in California denied motions by Uber and Lyft to grant a delay previous promotion that the ride-sharing companies ordered to classify their contractors as full time employees. That ruling goes into effect on August 20th which the companies had requested an …
Read More »Uber threatens to close temporarily in California
Photo: Alex Wong (Getty Images) As Uber public grips with the moral dilemma of having built a company that is a big ass around operating payroll practices, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi now says that if California forces the company to reclassify its contractors as full-time employees, Uber will temporarily close its …
Read More »Lyft joins Uber in threatening to sign off on new employment rule in California
The CEO of app-Lyiling-app Lyft threatened to shut down the service in California, and joined a similar warning issued earlier this week by rival company Uber. The threats to service in the state come after a judge in San Francisco Superior Court earlier this week ruled that Uber and Lyft …
Read More »Uber CEO says its service is likely to shut down temporarily in California if it is forced to classify drivers as employees – NBC Bay Area
Uber would likely shut down temporarily for several months if a court did not reverse a recent ruling requiring it to classify its drivers as full-time employees, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in an interview with Stephanie Ruhle on Wednesday on MSNBC. “If the court does not reconsider, then in California …
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