Massachusetts takes Uber and Lyft to trial over status of gig workers
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Source: CNN Business
Published 9:39 AM EDT, Mon May 13, 2024
Uber and Lyft are set to face trial on Monday in a US lawsuit by Massachusetts attorney general alleging the ride-share companies misclassified their drivers as independent contractors rather than more costly employees.
The non-jury trial in Boston comes amid broader legal and political battles in the Democratic-led state and elsewhere nationally over the status of drivers for app-based companies whose rise has fueled the US gig worker economy.
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell is asking a judge to conclude that drivers for Uber and Lyft are employees under state law and therefore entitled to benefits such as a minimum wage, overtime and earned sick time.
Her office claims the companies for years misclassified thousands of Massachusetts drivers and cannot meet a three-part test under the states worker-friendly laws that would allow them to be deemed independent contractors. Studies have shown that using contractors can cost companies as much as 30% less than using employees.
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Tom of Temecula
(1,526 posts)Personally I'd rather walk.
cstanleytech
(26,477 posts)If they are then it makes sense to treat Uber and Lyft the same as they are essentially taxi services.