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LYFT PAYS $272.5M TO SETTLE DRIVER CLASSIFICATION SUIT
Lyft has agreed to pay $272.5 million to settle claims from California and three major cities that it wrongly classified drivers as independent contractors instead of employees between 2016 and 2020.
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Daniel Wiessner / Reuters: Lyft agrees to pay $272.5M to settle California claims that it mislabeled drivers as independ…
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Today, gig economy drivers are classified as contractors. This settlement clears up a lingering lawsuit from 2020 when t…