The California state Legislature picked a fight with Uber and Lyft and other companies when it passed AB5, classifying their drivers as employees. The tech companies are fighting back with Proposition ...

Facing mounting legal pressure for classifying their vast workforces as contractors rather than employees, gig economy companies put forth what they argued was a better solution — one that would ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A California appeals court has ruled Uber and Lyft violated a state labor law. Thursday's ruling said the rideshare companies misclassified their drivers as contractors rather than ...

Now that Californians have voted to keep ride-hailing drivers classified as contractors with limited job benefits, unions are shoring up their defenses as labor lawyers eye legal challenges and hope ...

A group of Lyft and Uber drivers sued Tuesday to overturn the recent California ballot initiative that makes them independent contractors instead of potential employees eligible for benefits. Filed in ...

After years of tussling with gig companies, California’s labor unions want to once again expand workers’ rights — this time by allowing ride-hailing drivers to unionize. And as in tussles past, expect ...

Californians have voted to carve out specific gig workers from a state employment law about who is considered an employee and eligible for benefits. That means people who drive for Uber and Lyft will ...