Lyft’s $12 Million Settlement with Ridesharing Drivers Avoids Employee Classification

By and | January 27, 2016

  • January 27, 2016 at 3:26 pm
    Dave says:
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    I don’t get this. The people who sign up for Uber or Lyft know they have to provide their own car, they now they have to fill kit with gas and they how much money they will make be providing each ride. They than have to make a decision as to whether they will earn enough money for each ride taking into account the costs involved for gas, insurance, wear and tear on their car and what their time is worth. If not, don’t do it or ask for a raise. But to ask for reimbursement for these expenses? In that case they need to become paid limo or cab drivers with somebody else paying for the car (or leasing the car) and picking up expenses. And then they can hate the Lyft/Uber drivers the way cab and limo drivers do. What a joke.

  • January 27, 2016 at 3:57 pm
    TNReader says:
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    “Shannon Liss-Riordan, an attorney for the drivers, acknowledged that the settlement does not achieve a reclassification of drivers as employees, but said the benefits are still significant.”…..Meaning the benefits to the attorneys from the significant legal fees they will receive. I am curious how much of the dollar settlement actually goes to the drivers???

    • January 27, 2016 at 4:34 pm
      Dave says:
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      At most 2/3. Maybe less.



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