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Calif. judges: Juries should hear driver vs Uber, Lyft suits

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two San Francisco federal judges say juries will have to decide whether former drivers for Uber and Lyft were independent contractors, or employees of the ride-hailing companies with all of the protections and benefits the state affords regular workers. The rulings have potentially expensive ramifications for Uber and Lyft. Two former Lyft drivers and four Uber drivers have filed two separate lawsuits alleging that they were misclassified as independent contractors by the companies and thus deprived of California's minimum wage, reimbursement for work-related expenses, and other protections.Read more on NewsOK.com

 

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