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In California, Uber and Lyft drivers demanded that the companies pay their drivers a base minimum wage of $27.86 an hour, so that pay after expenses, such as gas and toll roads, would be at least $17.22, allowing drivers to keep up with the rising cost of living in their cities. [11]
The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that app-based ride-hailing and delivery services like Uber and Lyft can continue treating their drivers as independent contractors rather than employees.
In May 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra sued Uber and Lyft, alleging the ride-hailing companies had misclassified their drivers as "independent contractors" rather than "employees" in violation of AB5. The suit alleged that Uber and Lyft denied their workers mandated "employee" benefits and protections such as minimum wage and ...
In August 2020, the California court ordered Uber and Lyft to comply with the law within a 10-day deadline. [13] [14]: 1 The companies said they would shut down their operation in California if drivers had to become employees. [2] [15] [16] On August 20, the deadline day, the companies asked for an extension. The court granted an extension ...
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Drivers for Uber and Lyft will earn a minimum pay standard of $32.50 per hour under a settlement announced Thursday by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell, in a deal that also includes ...
Uber, Lyft and other app-based ride-hailing and delivery services spent $200 million in a winning bet to circumvent California lawmakers and the courts to preserve their business model by keeping ...
The group has its origins in the 2017 strikes by rideshare drivers at Los Angeles' LAX airport. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was also active in the 2019 Lyft and Uber drivers' strikes , [ 1 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and worked to oppose the 2020 California Proposition 22 , [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] which passed with more than 58% of the vote.