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Resent-From: <d004620@polito.it> From: ON LABOR <donotreply@wordpress.com> Date: 8 aprile 2016 19:01:29 CEST To: demartin@polito.it Subject: [New post] Gig News: Judge Rejects Settlement in Lyft Driver Class Action

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Gig News: Judge Rejects Settlement in Lyft Driver Class Action by Jon Weinberg In a significant development concerning Cotter v. Lyft, a major federal class action challenging the classification of gig economy workers as independent contractors, Reuters reports that Judge Vince Chhabria has rejected a proposed $12.25 million settlement. Under the proposed settlement drivers would have received an average of $56, while for mileage reimbursement alone (notwithstanding other benefits of employee status), employee status is estimated to be worth an average of $835 a driver in damages. Judge Chhabria's Order can be found here.

Judge Chhabria rejected the proposed because he found it monetarily inadequate:

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Jon Weinberg | April 8, 2016 at 1:00 pm | Tags: classification, cotter, employee, gig, gig economy, Gig News, gig worker, independent contractor, liss-riordan, Lyft, misclassification, shannon liss-riordan, sharing economy | Categories: Gig News, On Labor | URL: http://wp.me/p3Gzq5-3eo Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser:

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