Technology,
Labor/Employment,
Civil Litigation
Feb. 10, 2021
State labor chief says Uber drivers deal was reverse auction
Attorneys who brokered the agreement said the settlement amount is notably higher than what Uber had agreed to pay in earlier PAGA cases. They also said the passage of Proposition 22 means Uber is now in complete compliance with the law, and suggested the plaintiffs and the state may be entitled to nothing in the litigation.
The state labor commissioner is one of the parties objecting to a $10.8 million PAGA settlement between Uber and a class of drivers.
But the attorneys who brokered the agreement said during a Tuesday court hearing the settlement amount is notably higher than what Uber had agreed to pay in earlier PAGA cases. They also said the passage of Proposition 22, which upheld Uber's long-standing position that its drivers are not employees bu...
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