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Category Archives: Employment

May 04

Joint Task Force on Misclassification of Employees – Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry

Pennsylvania’s Joint Task Force on Misclassification of Employees (“Task Force”) held its fourth meeting of the year on April 22, 2022, the first in-person meeting since its assembly in January 2021. The Task Force is a bipartisan group of nominated volunteers representing business, labor, and government seeking to publicize a comprehensive understanding of worker misclassification and its consequences. This meeting occurred a month after the Task Force released its Annual…

April 11

Class Action, Employment, Misclassification

California Uber Drivers Settle Misclassification Claims for $8.4 Million

On February 17, 2022, a class of 1,322 California drivers announced an $8.43 million settlement (the “Settlement”) with Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Uber”) to resolve claims in James v. Uber. The Settlement, which comes in the wake of a $20 million initial settlement between Uber and a class of 15,000 California and Massachusetts Uber drivers in O'Connor v. Uber, compensates drivers for damages incurred after O’Connor and before the enactment of…

March 15

Class Action, Employment, Misclassification

Uber to Arbitrate Misclassification Claims in Illinois

Disclaimer: Miller Shah was not involved in this case. On October 29, 2020, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois accusing popular ride sharing platform Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Uber” or “Defendant”), of misclassifying its drivers as independent contractors instead of employees under federal wage laws. The action alleges that because drivers were misclassified as independent contractors, they missed out on…

February 28

Class Action, Employment

California Truck Drivers Reach $9.5 Million Misclassification Settlement

In California and across the country, truck drivers are at risk of being misclassified as independent contractors. This has negative implications for drivers’ taxes and workplace protections, as independent contractors are not subject to the same workplace regulations or protections as employees. For workers in labor-intensive jobs, such as truck drivers, this can cause serious issues. But truck drivers in California have recently made strides forward in advocating for their employment status.…

February 25

Employment

Former Yahoo employee asserts review process is rigged

Yahoo Faces Legal Action for Employment Practices In today's competitive business climate, companies must continually strive to recruit and retain the best and brightest. This is especially true in the tech industry which, from Amazon to Apple, has been the subject of numerous scathing news articles and employment lawsuits in recent years. The most-recent tech company to come under fire for its employment practices is Yahoo, Inc. which was recently…

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