September 10, 2021
A group of Massachusetts Uber drivers lost their last chance to be considered interstate drivers and therefore exempt from arbitration, when the Ninth Circuit denied their bid Friday for a full review of a panel's decision.
August 17, 2021
The full Ninth Circuit should redo a panel ruling that Massachusetts drivers are not interstate transportation workers and therefore have to arbitrate claims that Uber Technologies Inc. misclassified them as independent contractors and unlawfully denied them paid sick leave, the drivers urged in a filing.
August 02, 2021
Massachusetts Uber drivers don't count as interstate transportation workers, and so federal arbitration requirements apply to their claims that they were misclassified as independent contractors, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Monday.
October 29, 2020
A group of Massachusetts Uber drivers has told the Ninth Circuit that a recent California appellate court ruling upholding an injunction requiring the ride-hailing giant to classify its drivers as employees supports their push to revive their wage-and-hour case.
October 16, 2020
A proposed class of Uber drivers urged the Ninth Circuit on Friday to overturn a ruling that allows the ride-hailing giant to continue classifying a group of Massachusetts drivers as independent contractors instead of employees eligible for sick pay, arguing Uber is endangering the public and exacerbating the pandemic.
September 04, 2020
Lyft has called on the Ninth Circuit to rule that rideshare drivers must arbitrate their employment gripes, insisting these types of gig economy workers are distinct from the Amazon delivery drivers that the appeals court has said are exempt from arbitration law.
August 28, 2020
Uber Technologies Inc. on Thursday asked the Ninth Circuit to uphold a federal judge's ruling that allows the ride-hailing giant to continue classifying a group of Massachusetts drivers as independent contractors instead of employees eligible for sick pay, despite the coronavirus pandemic.
July 14, 2020
Massachusetts drivers told the Ninth Circuit that Uber's practice of classifying drivers as independent contractors and denying them paid sick leave amid the coronavirus pandemic has damaging consequences for the workforce, which justifies granting the drivers employee status through an injunction.