California judges ask juries to decide the future of Uber and Lyft
Car service firms Uber and Lyft both failed to convince judges that their drivers are independent contractors rather than employees today, in two cases brought in California that may have a significant impact on the two companies’ business models, and the wider “sharing economy.” Judges presiding over the two lawsuits, brought by Uber and Lyft drivers who argue that they are entitled to minimum wage and other employee benefits, said that juries would have to decide whether drivers counted as employees or contractors.
Summary judgements for the cases were heard back in January, with San Francisco district judges Edward Chen and Vince Chhabria suggesting at the time that legal precedents would make Lyft and Uber drivers technically…
Source:: The Verge
