Lyft will temporarily shut down in California if forced to reclassify drivers

Posted on 13/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Like Uber, Lyft says it may temporarily suspend service in California if it is required to classify drivers as employees rather than independent contractors. Lyft President Josh Zimmerman broke the news during an earnings call with investors yesterda...

Uber warns of temporary California shut down if it has to reclassify drivers

Posted on 12/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The drama between Uber and California continues. Today, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told MSNBC that, if Uber is forced to classify its drivers as employees, Uber will temporarily suspend service in California. This could happen in a matter of days, an...

Uber is buying its biggest rival in the UK

Posted on 06/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Uber has announced that it is buying Autocab, a British supplier of booking services for the taxi industry and creator of a homegrown Uber rival. The move will enable Uber to incorporate the drivers who work as part of the iGo network inside the Uber...

Massachusetts sues Uber and Lyft for identifying drivers as contractors

Posted on 14/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Following similar efforts in California over how ride-hailing drivers are classified, Massachusetts is suing Uber and Lyft for treating their drivers as independent contractors. State Attorney General Maura Healey contends that the ride-hailing compa...

Uber is finally available in Tokyo as a taxi service

Posted on 05/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Uber is a mainstay in numerous giant cities, but it hasn’t had a foothold in Tokyo — a combination of strict limits on ridesharing and public wariness has kept it out of Japan’s best-known metropolis. Now, however, it’s part of the landscape. Bloombe...

Uber will let you hire a driver by the hour in select cities

Posted on 29/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Uber is launching a new trip category that will let users make multiple stops in a single ride. With the new Hourly option, users will request a trip like they would any other on-demand ride, but they’ll be able to set multiple stops. Hourly trips wi...

Uber, Lyft drivers sue NY state to speed up unemployment benefits

Posted on 26/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Uber and Lyft claim their workers are contractors. The state of New York ruled that they’re employees, and therefore are entitled to certain benefits. (California did so, too.) Despite this decision, rideshare drivers are having a difficult time obta...

Uber plans to lay off another 3,000 employees

Posted on 18/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Less than two weeks after Uber shared plans to lay off 3,700 employees, the company announced that it will let another 3,000 workers go. In other words, in the course of a month, Uber has made plans to get rid of roughly a quarter of its workforce.Ub...

Uber will lay off 3,700 full-time employees

Posted on 06/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Uber plans to lay off 3,700 full-time employees, it revealed in a filing with the Securities Exchange Commission today. That represents about 14 percent of its 26,900 employees, CNBC notes.“Due to lower trip volumes in its Rides segment and the Compa...

California sues Uber and Lyft for allegedly misclassifying drivers

Posted on 05/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

California’s Assembly Bill 5 was designed to confront the ridesharing industry over its treatment of drivers, and now that confrontation is officially underway. State Attorney General Xavier Becerra and City Attorneys for Los Angeles, San Diego and S...

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