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California Sues Uber And Lyft, Claims Companies Are Misclassifying Drivers As Contractors Instead Of Employees

California Sues Uber And Lyft, Claims Companies Are Misclassifying Drivers As Contractors Instead Of Employees

California’s government has now accused ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft of breaking a state law by misclassifying their drivers as contractors. As CNBC reports, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra claimed that the popular ride-hailing services denied operators essential employee protections and benefits — entitlements that operators would have access to if classified as employees. These […]

4y ago

Uber Is Donating Free Rides & Food To Victims Of Domestic Abuse

Uber Is Donating Free Rides & Food To Victims Of Domestic Abuse

Uber, the popular ride-share service, will donate 50,000 free rides and food to domestic abuse victims across the globe. According to USA Today, the company plans to assist women who are experiencing domestic violence while mandatory stay-at-home orders are in place. “The ride-hailing giant announced plans on Thursday to donate 50,000 free rides to domestic […]

4y ago

Instacart Shoppers Qualify As Employees, A San Diego Judge Rules

Instacart Shoppers Qualify As Employees, A San Diego Judge Rules

A county judge in San Diego has ruled that Instacart shoppers should be classified not as independent contractors but employees under California’s new “gig economy” law. The judge issued a preliminary injunction calling for Instacart to “work with us to craft a meaningful and fair solution” to reclassify its workforce. State law mandates that employees […]

4y ago

Uber Passenger Who Feared For Her Life As Driver Drove At Breakneck Speeds Offered $5 Voucher

Uber Passenger Who Feared For Her Life As Driver Drove At Breakneck Speeds Offered $5 Voucher

An Uber passenger who says she “feared for her life” after a harrowing ride at breakneck speeds along the highway and city streets — a ride that included running at least three stop lights — is furious that she was offered only a $5 voucher in compensation, CTV News reports. Alanna Moness says that in […]

4y ago

Uber’s License To Operate In London Revoked Due To Safety Concerns, Ride Share Company Fights Back

Uber’s License To Operate In London Revoked Due To Safety Concerns, Ride Share Company Fights Back

Uber’s license to operate in London, England, has been revoked for the second time due to potential safety risks for passengers, NBC reported Monday. Transport for London, also known as TfL, declared this week that the license would not extend past midnight on Monday evening. However, the ride share company has moved to appeal the […]

4y ago

Restaurant Dining Rooms May Be Going The Way Of The Model T, Thanks To Food-Delivery Apps Like GrubHub

Restaurant Dining Rooms May Be Going The Way Of The Model T, Thanks To Food-Delivery Apps Like GrubHub

Restaurants across the country and the world are getting rid of dining rooms, as delivery apps and the gig economy have upended the business model that previously worked for centuries, Yahoo Finance reports. Until recently, customers either dined at a restaurant or took their meals to go. While there have always been restaurants that deliver, […]

4y ago

College Student Missing After Taking Lyft Ride Home From The Airport

College Student Missing After Taking Lyft Ride Home From The Airport

Yet another young college student is missing. Mackenzie Lueck is a 23-year-old who is originally from El Segundo, California and has been attending school at the University of Utah. Earlier this month, she took a flight from southern California back to school in Salt Lake City. Upon arriving at the airport, she called for the […]

4y ago

Uber Drivers Have A New Scam That Double Fares Via Surge Pricing

Uber Drivers Have A New Scam That Double Fares Via Surge Pricing

Rideshare apps have changed that landscape of transportation. Now, drivers are trying to change the landscape of payment. ABC7 has reported on a new fare scam after discovering that drivers that frequented Reagan National Airport in Washington D.C. used a surge pricing trick to earn vastly higher fares. Yesterday, the news station shared that they […]

4y ago

Uber Passenger Says Driver ‘Dumped’ Her Because She Was On Her Way To Get An Abortion

Uber Passenger Says Driver ‘Dumped’ Her Because She Was On Her Way To Get An Abortion

An Uber passenger says her driver simply pulled over to the side of the road and made her get out of the vehicle, once he learned she was on her way to a clinic to get an abortion. As Yahoo Style UK reports, the unidentified New York City woman says she used the Uber app […]

5y ago

Samantha Josephson: South Carolina Student Murdered After She Mistook Suspect’s Car For Uber

Samantha Josephson: South Carolina Student Murdered After She Mistook Suspect’s Car For Uber

Samantha Josephson, the 21-year-old University of South Carolina student who went missing early Friday morning, was reportedly murdered by a 24-year-old man after Josephson mistook his car for an Uber ride, according to reports. Josephson, a political science major who was planning to attend Drexel University’s law school in Philadelphia next fall, went out to […]

5y ago

Uber Buys Middle East Competitor Careem In $3.1 Billion Deal

Uber Buys Middle East Competitor Careem In $3.1 Billion Deal

Ride-sharing giant Uber announced on Tuesday that it had acquired Dubai-based competitor Careem for a hefty $3.1 billion sum, per Gizmodo. Careem, which operates throughout the Middle East, will continue to operate under the independent brand after the deal and will continue to be led by founder and CEO Mudassir Sheikha, according to an official […]

5y ago

Beating The Dreaded Uber And Lyft Surcharges On New Year’s Eve In California

Beating The Dreaded Uber And Lyft Surcharges On New Year’s Eve In California

Mercury News reported recently on how all those who will be needing to grab a ride from such services as Uber and Lyft can avoid unwanted surcharges or spikes in price due to the holiday seasons, the next being of course New Year’s Eve. Since New Year’s Eve is generally not the best time for […]

5y ago

Airports Take A Hit As Uber And Lyft Rise In Popularity

Airports Take A Hit As Uber And Lyft Rise In Popularity

Uber, Lyft, and other similar transportation services are transforming the way people are traveling this holiday season. If you’ve had to take a flight recently, your first thought upon touching down was likely how to get out of the airport as quickly as possible. In the past, taking a cab was most people’s best option. […]

5y ago

Martha Stewart Shares Nightmare First Uber Experience On Social Media: ‘The Car Was A Mess Inside And Out’

Martha Stewart Shares Nightmare First Uber Experience On Social Media: ‘The Car Was A Mess Inside And Out’

Martha Stewart decided to follow in the footsteps of millions of other Americans and travel via Uber. But unfortunately for her, it didn’t really go as planned. The 77-year-old took to her Instagram account to share the nightmarish first experience that she had when trying out the ride sharing service in New York City. Stewart […]

5y ago

Lime Is Recalling Some Of Their Scooters Because They Might Break Apart While In Use

Lime Is Recalling Some Of Their Scooters Because They Might Break Apart While In Use

It would seem that scooter sharing companies are making a push for safety awareness. This was suggested by a recent report from the Verge that discussed Lime’s latest initiative. “Following the recall of the Segway Ninebot scooters, Lime launched a $3 million program called Respect the Ride, which is designed to educate riders on safe […]

5y ago

Here’s Where You Can Get Free Food And Discounted Rides Just For Voting Today

Here’s Where You Can Get Free Food And Discounted Rides Just For Voting Today

Just for performing your patriotic duty as an American citizen and exercising your right to vote, you can score some free food at some of the most popular restaurant chains nationwide. You can also get a discounted ride to your local voting place if you cannot get there without one as well. All you have […]

5y ago

Uber’s Head of Corporate Development Resigns Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations

Uber’s Head of Corporate Development Resigns Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations

According to NBC, Cameron Poetzscher, Uber’s Head of Corporate Development, handed in his resignation this week, following a Wall Street Journal article published last month that cited a 2017 sexual misconduct investigation ordered by Uber. Following accusations of sexual misconduct from his female colleagues, Poetzscher was investigated and subsequently penalized when the investigation revealed that […]

5y ago

Uber Wants All Of Its Drivers In London To Use Electric Vehicles By 2025

Uber Wants All Of Its Drivers In London To Use Electric Vehicles By 2025

Uber has plans to promote an exclusively electric fleet of vehicles for their drivers in London within the next decade. The company’s goal is an ambitious one, and an attempt by the company to show lawmakers in Britain’s capital city that they’re serious about their commitment to serving the riders of London, according to reporting […]

5y ago

You Can Now Use In-App VoIP Feature To Communicate With Your Uber Driver

You Can Now Use In-App VoIP Feature To Communicate With Your Uber Driver

Previously, the three methods of communicating with your Uber driver were SMS texting, in-app chat, and a traditional cell call. Yesterday at a conference in San Francisco, Uber added a fourth method of communication. You can now contact your Uber driver via a new in-app VoIP feature. This is a win-win for everyone. We have […]

5y ago

More And More People Are Choosing Ubers And Lyfts Over Ambulances

More And More People Are Choosing Ubers And Lyfts Over Ambulances

While many have noted that independent services like Uber and Lyft are changing the way we view transportation and taxi services, they might be changing the way we look at ambulance rides as well. The New York Times reported that many lower-to-middle class people who lack immediate access to a car — or just can’t […]

5y ago

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