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Lyft is paying $272.5M to settle lawsuit over how it classified drivers

Tech | 2026-10-01 at 21:57 UTC | Source: techcrunch.com
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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