Tag: Lyft
Labor Organization in Ride Sharing – Unionization or Cartelization?
By Mark Anderson (University of Idaho) & Max Huffman (Indiana University)
The sharing economy brings together the constituent parts of a business enterprise into a...
Appeals Court Gives Reprieve To Uber, Lyft In California
Lyft reversed a decision to suspend service in California Thursday after a California appeals court extended the length of time Uber and Lyft have...
CA Judge Orders Uber & Lyft To Classify Drivers As Employees
A California judge ruled that Uber and Lyft must classify their drivers as employees in a stunning preliminary injunction issued Monday afternoon. The injunction...
Massachusetts Files Suit Against Uber, Lyft On Drivers’ Status
Massachusetts is the second state to declare that Uber and Lyft drivers should be deemed employees under state wage and hour laws, the Attorney...
California AG Sues Lyft, Uber Over Alleged Worker Misclassification
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, along with municipal attorneys from three cities in the state, is suing Lyft and Uber for allegedly misclassifying drivers...
Gig Worker Law Change Will Head To California Voters In November
A petition by Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash to roll back a California law regarding gig economy workers has reached 1 million signatures and will...
Ridesharing Platforms and the Long Tail of Mobility
Uber and Lyft are the poster children of digitally-enabled ride-sharing companies. But these intra-urban on-demand services are not the only ones disrupting how people...
Vancouver approves Uber and Lyft with new regulation
In a move that’s been in the works since 2012, the city of Vancouver has approved Uber and Lyft to operate in the city,...
US: Uber, Lyft challenge California gig worker law
Uber, Lyft and DoorDash are backing a ballot initiative to exempt themselves from California’s landmark law that re-classifies gig economy workers as employees, the...
US: Investors sue Lyft over overhyped IPO
Lyft is being sued by some investors who say the company exaggerated its market position during its IPO in March, which they say led...
