Lyft agrees to pay California $272.5m in largest-ever wage theft settlement
Photograph: Mike Coppola/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenA Lyft driver in San Francisco, California. “Lyft’s success would not be possible without the drivers Lyft sought to unfairly short-change.”California issues investigative subpoena to OpenAI over rogue agents’ hackingRead moreThe settlement, subject to court approval, covers alleged violations between April 2016 and December 2020. As independent contractors, Lyft and Uber drivers don’t get benefits including social security, health insurance, paid sick days and overtime.
- ▪Photograph: Mike Coppola/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenA Lyft driver in San Francisco, California.
- ▪“Lyft’s success would not be possible without the drivers Lyft sought to unfairly short-change.”California issues investigative subpoena to OpenAI over rogue agents’ hackingRead moreThe settlement, subject to court approval, covers alleged
- ▪As independent contractors, Lyft and Uber drivers don’t get benefits including social security, health insurance, paid sick days and overtime.
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A Lyft driver in San Francisco, California. Photograph: Mike Coppola/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenA Lyft driver in San Francisco, California. Photograph: Mike Coppola/Getty ImagesLyftLyft agrees to pay California $272.5m in largest-ever wage theft settlementMore than $237m will be distributed to drivers involved in lawsuit over firm labeling them independent contractors and not employeesDara Kerr and agenciesThu 1 Oct 2026 16.05 EDTLast modified on Thu 1 Oct 2026 16.07 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleLyft agreed to pay the state of California $272.5m on Thursday to settle claims that it stole drivers’ wages by mislabeling them as independent contractors rather than employees.Rob Bonta, California’s attorney general, called the agreement a “landmark win for workers” and said…
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