{"id":70376,"date":"2025-03-27T03:35:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T03:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2025\/03\/27\/california-in-settlement-talks-with-uber-lyft-over-wage-theft-claims\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T03:36:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T03:36:41","slug":"california-in-settlement-talks-with-uber-lyft-over-wage-theft-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2025\/03\/27\/california-in-settlement-talks-with-uber-lyft-over-wage-theft-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"California in settlement talks with Uber, Lyft over wage theft claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In early 2020, hundreds of drivers \u2014 led by Southern California advocacy group Rideshare Drivers United \u2014 filed claims with the state towards Uber and Lyft. They alleged the businesses had illegally handled them as unbiased contractors and owed them greater than $1.3 billion in wages, bills and damages.<\/p>\n

Now, the state is about to start settlement negotiations with the ride-hailing giants. And drivers need the California lawyer basic and the labor commissioner to take their calls for into consideration throughout the closed-door talks. <\/p>\n

Individuals who actively drove for Uber and Lyft between 2016 and 2020 could possibly be eligible for the potential settlement, which most likely includes greater than 250,000 drivers, in keeping with Rideshare Drivers United. <\/p>\n

To press their calls for, dozens of drivers in neon inexperienced T-shirts rallied Wednesday morning exterior Los Angeles Metropolis Corridor, in addition to in San Diego and San Francisco, asking that the state push for a settlement settlement that recoups all misplaced wages and damages, or establishes further pay boosts and office protections for drivers. Demonstrators held indicators studying, \u201cUber cheats\u201d and \u201cMy Boss Lyfted My Cash.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur first precedence is to get again the cash that was stolen,\u201d stated Nicole Moore, president of Rideshare Drivers United, referring to wage theft claims. \u201cThe one means they need to commerce away any of that cash is to get honest requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moore stated a settlement might assist set up a price card below which drivers are paid a minimal of $1.75 per mile and 60 cents per minute \u2014 a mannequin much like that adopted in New York Metropolis.<\/p>\n

The protest got here forward of a mediation session scheduled for Monday with Uber. A session with Lyft is scheduled for April 8. <\/p>\n

Uber spokesperson Zahid Arab stated the corporate hoped to lastly resolve the case, noting that California voters authorized a legislation in 2020 permitting drivers to work as unbiased contractors. <\/p>\n

\u201cDrivers come to Uber exactly due to the distinctive flexibility that it offers…The voters of California have spoken \u2014 overwhelmingly \u2014 and we look ahead to placing these years-old issues behind us,\u201d Arab stated in an e mail.<\/p>\n

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