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Judge Says Lyft’s $12M Settlement Doesn’t Pay Drivers Enough

Lyft has agreed to pay more than $12 million in a proposed class-action lawsuit seeking to classify drivers as employees in California. In a settlement agreement reached late Tuesday, the ride-hailing service would extend additional benefits to drivers and pay them to resolve the dispute but not make them official employees. Shannon Liss-Riordan, the Boston attorney who represented Lyft drivers …



Lyft Drivers Settle Suit but Still Aren’t Employees

Lyft has agreed to pay more than $12 million in a proposed class-action lawsuit seeking to classify drivers as employees in California. In a settlement agreement reached late Tuesday, the ride-hailing service would extend additional benefits to drivers and pay them to resolve the dispute but not make them official employees. Shannon Liss-Riordan, the Boston attorney who represented Lyft drivers …


Halt Gutting of Class Action  : Rutland Herald Online

Halt gutting of class action Is Congress acting to protect Volkswagen? I�m sure you�ve heard about Volkswagen�s emissions scandal, where the automaker intentionally installed �defeat devices� in millions of cars around the world to cheat auto emissions regulations. Consumers who thought they were buying �clean diesel� TDI engines were in fact polluting up to 40 times above national standards, …


Lyft Drivers Settle Suit but Still Aren’t Employees

Lyft has agreed to pay more than $12 million in a proposed class-action lawsuit seeking to classify drivers as employees in California. In a settlement agreement reached late Tuesday, the ride-hailing service would extend additional benefits to drivers and pay them to resolve the dispute but not make them official employees. Shannon Liss-Riordan, the Boston attorney who represented Lyft drivers …


Lyft Class Action Settlement Fails to Reclassify Drivers as Employees

John Sciulli / Getty Images for Lyft Drivers suing Lyft as part of a class action lawsuit in California settled their complaint outside of court on Tuesday. The $12.25 million settlement does not reclassify the more than 100,000 Lyft drivers in the class as employees, which the attorney in the case, Shannon Liss-Riordan, said she had “hoped for” in her statement. The drivers will continue …