Thread: #Uber drivers notched something of a win today in their fight over how they're classified.https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/uber-offers-13m-to-settle-nationwide-driver-lawsuit …
Around the same time, drivers who claimed they'd been misclassified took a loss when a court ruled that they'd have to enter individual arbitration, rather than sue Uber federally as a group.https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/uber-wins-appeal-in-case-targeting-classification-of-drivers …
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#gigeconomy, a former driver for GrubHub (the first gig-economy company sued over classification) had her case revived when a federal judge reconsidered an earlier ruling.https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/grubhub-driver-pay-fight-moves-forward-as-test-for-gig-economy …Show this thread -
The latest news is that because so much confusion remains, why worker classification will likely be the subject of a Labor Department opinion letter, which were rare in the Obama years.https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/gig-economy-prime-target-for-labor-department-opinions-corrected …
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