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Proposed $400-million lawsuit argues Uber couriers should be entitled to minimum wage, vacation pay and other protections

Uber and Lyft could be avoiding $135 million in Canadian taxes every year by relying on contract workers, report says tsonnemaker@insider.com (Tyler Sonnemaker) © Provided by Business Insider Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and Lyft CEO Logan Green Laura Buckman/Reuters; Carlo Allegri/Reuters Uber and Lyft could avoid a combined $135 million in taxes annually in Canada, a new report claims. Canadians for Tax Fairness blamed lax disclosure laws and companies classifying drivers as contractors. Uber and Lyft both disputed the findings, telling Insider they paid all required taxes ...

To help ensure those who do not have transportation to get to and from COVID-19 vaccine appointments, Uber has donated 5,000 free round-trips to the United Way.

Restaurants and bars have been lobbying for change during the third-wave shutdown.

Kattoua reasoned that, when the Uber driver appeared at the bureau to retrieve his phone, he’d have to admit he’d been driving for Uber and would therefore receive a ticket. But this wasn’t enough for Kattoua. “I wanted to punish him a little bit more,” he told me. He planned to hold on to the phone for three days before bringing it to the bureau. That way the driver would lose a few days’ worth of income. Besides, the delay adhered to the operation’s cowboy aesthetic. “It is as if I sent the phone by horseback,” Kattoua said. “It takes some time.”