Lyft is paying $272.5M to settle lawsuit over how it classified drivers
Lyft has agreed to a $272.5 million settlement to resolve a 2020 lawsuit regarding the classification of its gig economy drivers.
Today, gig economy drivers are classified as contractors. This settlement clears up a lingering lawsuit from 2020 when that was still an unanswered issue.
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