{"id":20251,"date":"2026-10-03T12:08:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T12:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=20251"},"modified":"2026-10-03T12:08:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T12:08:52","slug":"lyft-settles-landmark-driver-misclassification-lawsuit-for-272-5m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=20251","title":{"rendered":"Lyft settles landmark driver misclassification lawsuit for $272.5M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin:0 0 1em; padding:0.6em 0.9em; border:1px solid #d0d7de; border-radius:6px; background:#f6f8fa; color:#444; font-size:0.9em;\"><strong>Excerpt:<\/strong> The opening of an article from Ars Technica. Read the original for the full story.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\"><strong>Ars Technica &bull;<br \/>\n                    Cyrus Farivar<br \/>\n                 &bull; October 2, 2026<\/strong><\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p>California\u2019s attorney general and three city attorneys announced a $272.5 million settlement with Lyft after allegations that the company \u201ccommitted wage theft by misclassifying drivers as independent contractors rather than employees\u201d between 2016 and 2020, according to a Thursday statement .<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The case dates back to May 2020, when then-Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who is now the Democratic candidate for governor, sued both Uber and Lyft .<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2em; padding:1em; border-left:4px solid #0073aa; background:#f5f7fa;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> Ars Technica &bull;<br \/>\n                    Cyrus Farivar<br \/>\n                 &bull; October 2, 2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0.5em 0 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2026\/10\/lyft-settles-landmark-driver-misclassification-lawsuit-for-272-5m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the original article at Ars Technica &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excerpt: The opening of an article from Ars Technica. Read the original for the full story. Ars Technica &bull; Cyrus Farivar &bull; October 2, 2026 California\u2019s attorney general and three city attorneys announced a $272.5 million settlement with Lyft after allegations that the company \u201ccommitted wage theft by misclassifying drivers as independent contractors rather than<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=20251\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}