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 state’s 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.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/13/tech/uber-lyft-massachusetts-trial/index.html

[Tom of Temecula]

1. Good

Personally I'd rather walk.

[cstanleytech]

2. Hmm are taxi drivers statewide in Massachusetts considered the same as what they are asking Uber and Lyft to be?

If they are then it makes sense to treat Uber and Lyft the same as they are essentially taxi services.

[AnrothElf]

3. Wreck 'em Mass!