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Title: Lyft agrees to more than double payment to drivers in court settlement Post by: HCK on May 15, 2016, 04:05:13 pm Lyft agrees to more than double payment to drivers in court settlement
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Lyft has agreed to pay $27 million to settle a dispute with drivers in California, under pressure from the judge who found the earlier proposed payment of $12.25 million was too small.</p><p> The ride-hailing company and its rival Uber Technologies are keen to settle with the drivers in class-action lawsuits, without having to agree to their reclassification as employees, which would push up their costs.</p><p> The companies currently classify their drivers as independent contractors, which does not require them to pay the drivers benefits such as reimbursement in work-related expenses.</p><p> A filing by the lawyer for the drivers in another lawsuit in a California court suggests that Uber could have to pay over $700 million (http://www.pcworld.com/article/3067998/a-clue-to-how-much-more-uber-would-have-to-pay-drivers-as-its-employees.html) in mileage expense reimbursement and phone expenses between 2009 and April of this year, if its drivers in California and Massachusetts were classified as employees. Uber has contested the figure.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3069596/internet/lyft-agrees-to-more-than-double-payment-to-drivers-in-court-settlement.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Lyft agrees to more than double payment to drivers in court settlement (http://www.macworld.com/article/3069596/internet/lyft-agrees-to-more-than-double-payment-to-drivers-in-court-settlement.html#tk.rss_all) |