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The lawsuits against Uber over whether its drivers are employees or independent contractors have already begun. On the heels of California legislators passing a landmark bill on Tuesday that could make gig economy companies reclassify their workers as employees, Uber’s chief legal officer said the key provision in the law won’t necessarily apply to the ride-hailing …

Walgreens is giving customers an incentive to use their Apple Cards. Customers using Apple Card with Apple Pay to buy prescriptions, medicines and beauty, personal care, household and seasonal products, will get back 3% Daily Cash, Walgreens said Thursday. Daily Cash is Apple Card’s rewards program that promises a percentage of cash back on purchases.  Read: Apple Card vs. Amazon Prime Rewards …

Big changes are afoot for the gig economy. California’s Senate passed a landmark bill on Tuesday night that could make Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Postmates and other gig economy companies reclassify their workers as employees. Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he’ll sign it into law. The prospective bill, AB 5, has the potential to upend gig economy companies, which have businesses …

Now it’s up to California Gov. Gavin Newsom to decide whether Uber and Lyft drivers should be considered employees of the companies. California’s Senate passed legislation Tuesday night in a 29 to 11 vote that could allow for drivers to be classified as employees, rather than as independent contractors. Advocates for the bill, called AB 5, say this means workers will …

Uber announced more layoffs on Tuesday, following an earlier round in July. The ride-hailing company confirmed it’s letting go of hundreds of employees in its engineering and product departments to “reset and improve how we work day to day.” The total number of staff it laid off this time was 435 people, or about 8% of each department. “We need …

A week after a lawsuit was filed by 14 women alleging sexual assault by Lyft drivers, the ride-hailing company has announced smart trip check-in. The new safety feature will predict when a customer needs help by sensing when a ride has “unexplained delays,” Lyft said Tuesday, and will push a notification message to riders and drivers asking if they need …

Lyft is being sued over sexual assaults allegedly committed by the company’s drivers. The lawsuit alleges that 14 separate incidents across the US were reported to Lyft and that the ride-hailing company concealed the assault complaints from the public, media and law enforcement.  The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in the Superior Court of California for San Francisco County, calls Lyft’s response …

The battle over how to classify ride-hail drivers in California has intensified, with neither side backing down. After a caravan of drivers protested across the state earlier this week, Uber and Lyft began widely circulating online petitions on Wednesday. The companies’ goal: Get people to join them in defeating Assembly Bill 5 as it’s currently written before it becomes law. …

A caravan of Uber and Lyft drivers concluded their journey on Wednesday in Sacramento, California, with one message to state lawmakers: pass Assembly Bill 5. The proposed state law could allow for drivers to be classified as employees, rather than independent contractors, which advocates say would give them more worker protections, including overtime, minimum wage and the right to unionize. …

Nearly a month ago, DoorDash CEO Tony Xu promised to change the company’s tipping policy for delivery workers and provide specific details “in the coming days.” Those details still haven’t been released. And the on-demand food delivery company’s workers still don’t appear to be getting tips. Several current DoorDash workers said their pay and tips haven’t changed since Xu’s promise …