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Uber and Lyft are committing wage theft by misclassifying drivers as unbiased contractors, California’s labor commissioner alleges in separate lawsuits in opposition to the businesses. The classification of drivers as freelance employees has disadvantaged them of “a number of authorized protections in violation of California labor legislation,” the lawsuits say.
“The Uber and Lyft enterprise mannequin rests on the misclassification of drivers as unbiased contractors,” mentioned California Labor Commissioner Lilia García-Brower in a press release. “This leaves employees with out protections corresponding to paid sick depart and reimbursement of drivers’ bills, in addition to additional time and minimal wages.”
The pair of lawsuits are the newest authorized challenges in opposition to Uber and Lyft in California,…
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