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Aug. 1, 2017

Plaintiffs’ brief says Uber may owe $121B in case it wants to settle for $8M

The $121 billion is the upper range of what Uber Technologies Inc. owes its drivers in labor code penalties stemming from Private Attorneys General Act claims, according to plaintiffs’ lawyers representing the drivers.

Uber Technologies Inc. owes its drivers around $121 billion in labor code penalties stemming from Private Attorneys General Act claims, according to plaintiffs’ lawyers representing the drivers, and $51 million is the absolute minimum.

But any PAGA penalties, the lawyers stressed, were contingent on a judge finding that drivers are employees who were misclassified as independent contractors.

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