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Uber to pay pensions to all its UK drivers, backdated to 2017
Uber is to pay out millions of pounds in missed pension payments to UK drivers dating back as far as 2017 under a deal with the retirement savings watchdog. The ride hailing company was forced to guarantee its 70,000 UK drivers a minimum hourly wage, holiday pay and pensions in March this year after a landmark supreme court ruling over their employment status. Couriers for the group’s UberEats food delivery service are not included in the deal.
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End of the line for Uber
Uber is a bezzle ("the magic interval when a confidence trickster knows he has the money he has appropriated but the victim does not yet understand that he has lost it"). Every bezzle ends. Uber's time is up.
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After winning big in California, gig companies take their worker classification fight to Massachusetts
Last year, Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart succeeded in getting Californians to vote in favor of a ballot measure exempting them from classifying drivers and delivery workers as employees. Now, the companies are in the early stages of taking a similar approach in Massachusetts.
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Uber Boosts Trucking Push With $2.25 Billion Deal To Buy Freight Service Transplace
Ridehail giant Uber is making a big push to beef up its trucking business by purchasing logistics service Transplace for about $2.25 billion, intending to turn its Uber Freight unit into a top player in arranging and tracking shipments of goods.
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Uber and Lyft Can’t Find Drivers Because Gig Work Sucks
Drivers told Motherboard they're never coming back because of horrific working conditions before and during the pandemic.
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Study: Rideshare services reduce drunk-driving convictions, injuries from crashes
The availability of rideshare services such as Uber and Lyft in Houston reduced the number of convictions for impaired driving in the city by 24% during a six-year period, a study published Wednesday by JAMA Surgery found. Over the same period, the city saw a similar drop in the number of injuries from motor vehicle crashes, the data showed.
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Gravel Institute on how Uber is a scam
Gravel Institute, the lefty answer to PragerU, takes a sobering look at Uber business model, why it has never turned a profit, and how its workers… er independent contractors are set up for f…
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Uber recognises union for first time in landmark deal
Ride-hailing giant Uber has agreed to recognise a trade union for the first time, in a landmark deal that should benefit gig economy workers. The GMB union will have the power to represent UK drivers in discussions over earnings, pensions, benefits and their health and wellbeing.
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She just graduated from college. She said her Uber passenger made it possible.
Latonya Young, a 44-year-old single mother of three, received a bachelor’s degree last week. It was a lifelong goal — and she credits one of her Uber passengers with making it possible.
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Uber and Lyft to provide free rides to vaccination sites as part of new White House partnership
President Joe Biden is set to announce additional steps toward promoting vaccine accessibility, including free rides on Uber and Lyft to vaccination sites, to help meet the administration's goal of 70% of adults getting at least one coronavirus shot by July 4.
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The pandemic drove Uber and Lyft drivers away. Many are in no rush to get back.
The pandemic gave them the push they needed to move on from Uber and Lyft. Some drivers aren’t looking back.
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Uber, Lyft, DoorDash stocks close down after U.S. Labor secretary says gig workers should be classified as employees
Shares of Lyft, Uber and DoorDash dipped Thursday after Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh told Reuters that gig workers should be classified as company employees.
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Uber will pay a blind woman $1.1 million after drivers stranded her 14 times
They left her in the dark and in the rain, among other humiliations
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Uber will pay its 70,000 UK-based drivers minimum wage and benefits following a major Supreme Court defeat
Uber announced Tuesday it will reclassify drivers in the United Kingdom as “workers,” guaranteeing them minimum wage, paid vacation, pensions, and additional protection under the country’s labor laws.
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Gig Workers Gather Their Own Data to Check the Algorithm’s Math
Drivers for Uber, Lyft, and other firms are building apps to compare their mileage with pay slips. One group is selling the data to government agencies.
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Uber drivers are workers not self-employed, Supreme Court rules
Uber drivers must be treated as workers rather than self-employed, the UK's Supreme Court has ruled. The decision could mean thousands of Uber drivers are set to be entitled to minimum wage and holiday pay. The ruling could leave the ride-hailing app facing a hefty compensation bill, and have wider consequences for the gig economy.
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Uber Loses U.K. Court Battle Over Worker Rights
The U.K.’s top court ruled that a group of former drivers for Uber Technologies Inc. were entitled to a minimum wage and other benefits while working for the company, dealing a setback to Uber and other gig-economy firms in world-wide battles over their employment model.
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Uber buying booze delivery company Drizly for $1.1 billion
Uber on Tuesday announced an agreement to buy Drizly, a Boston-based alcohol delivery startup, for $1.1 billion in cash and stock.
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Uber to offer 10 million free or discounted rides to people seeking COVID-19 vaccination
Uber will offer 10 million free or discounted rides to people looking to receive the COVID-19 vaccination. The rides include transportation to and from their destination, as well as rides for their second and final dose. A date for when the offer will begin rolling out is still not set, according to Uber.
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California fines Uber $59 million for not sharing sexual assault case data
Uber has been fined $59 million by California regulators over its refusal to hand over more detailed data from a 2019 report on sexual assault.
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