December 22, 2020
A California federal judge overseeing Uber drivers' suit claiming the ride-hailing giant denied them minimum wage, overtime, and expense reimbursements, probed during a hearing Tuesday into whether their bid for class certification could get past predominance issues given that some drivers exclusively worked for Uber while others juggled multiple jobs.
June 25, 2020
Uber drivers' claims that the ride-hailing giant deprived them of benefits by misclassifying them as independent contractors are likely to survive dismissal efforts, a California federal judge said Thursday, the same day California's attorney general sought a preliminary injunction to force both Uber and Lyft to reclassify drivers as employees.
May 14, 2020
A California federal judge rejected a bid by Massachusetts Uber drivers to immediately classify them as employees eligible for paid sick leave amid the coronavirus pandemic and sent their cases to arbitration, saying Thursday the drivers aren't "engaged in interstate commerce" and aren't exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act.
April 22, 2020
Uber told a California federal judge Wednesday it will roll out greater sick leave protections as part of a negotiated resolution with California drivers claiming the ride-hailing giant is exacerbating the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting the judge to inquire whether Uber couldn't extend those protections to Massachusetts drivers seeking emergency relief.