September 06, 2022
A group of former drivers for Uber and Lyft can't keep pursuing a suit accusing the New York labor department of delaying emergency unemployment benefits early in the pandemic, after a federal judge said changes the agency implemented over the past two years have resolved the workers' grievances.
July 28, 2020
A Brooklyn federal judge on Tuesday ordered the New York labor department to immediately process Uber and Lyft drivers' emergency unemployment requests that were improperly delayed during the coronavirus pandemic, saying the ride-hailing companies' "gamesmanship" led the agency around "by the leash."
July 02, 2020
The Brooklyn federal judge handling Uber, Lyft and other app-based drivers' legal battle for New York unemployment benefits appeared to take the drivers' side during a case hearing Thursday morning, as she repeatedly laid into the Empire State's arguments against immediate court intervention.
June 18, 2020
New York state has said that a federal judge shouldn't order the Empire State to immediately pay unemployment benefits to a group of drivers for Uber and other app-based car services, arguing that the drivers are already receiving unemployment insurance.
May 29, 2020
Drivers for Uber and other app-based car services are asking a New York federal judge to order the Empire State to immediately pay them unemployment benefits, saying they'll likely prevail in their suit claiming the state delayed relief by treating them as independent contractors.
May 26, 2020
Drivers for Uber and other app-based car services have sued the Empire State in federal court, alleging the labor department has slow-walked their claims for emergency unemployment benefits during the coronavirus pandemic by treating them as independent contractors.