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The money will go to drivers affected by the companies’ alleged practices. More than 100,000 drivers in New York could be eligible to receive the funds and benefits secured under the agreements ...
In 2020, platform corporations spent over $200 million to convince California voters to approve Proposition 22, a ballot initiative that stripped drivers of employee status and promised them ...
Uber and Lyft will pay a combined $328 million to settle claims by New York's attorney general that the ride-sharing companies systematically cheated drivers out of pay and benefits. Attorney ...
In February 2017, the New York State Senate approved legislation allowing ridesharing companies to expand operations to Upstate New York and Uber began service there in June 2017. [322] In 2018, New York City became the first jurisdiction to set a minimum pay rate. The city set a minimum pay rate of $17.22 per hour. [323]
In May 2017, after the New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA) filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court in New York, Uber admitted to underpaying New York City drivers tens of millions of dollars over 2.5 years by calculating driver commissions on a net amount. Uber agreed to pay the amounts owed plus interest. [42]
The settlement arose from the long-simmering issue over whether Uber and rivals such as Lyft should classify drivers as employees or independent contractors. New York's labor agency believes Uber ...
Uber said that 90% of their 1.2 million drivers nationwide work less than 40 hours per week, with 80% working less than 20 hours per week, and that if they were required to classify drivers as employees, they would terminate 80% of their drivers because their nationwide business can only support 250,000 full-time jobs. [6] [22] [14]: 1 [21]
A competing ballot question seeks to give drivers the right to unionize in Massachusetts. Drivers will now earn one hour of sick day pay for every 30 hours worked, up to a maximum of 40 hours per ...