Since the emergence of the “gig economy” in the last decade, courts and government agencies have grappled with the question of whether gig workers should be classified as employees or
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The Ninth Circuit Gives The Green Light To Independent Contractor Ride-Sharing Collective Bargaining
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Previously, I wrote about the “preemption” problem with the Seattle Ordinance regulating ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft. After Seattle passed the Ordinance, the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals…
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The Potential Preemption Problem With Ride-Sharing Driver Unionization
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With campaigns ongoing across the country aimed at raising the minimum wage at a state and local level, one might wonder, why not apply the same pressure on local governments…
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