Uber and Lyft have reached a landmark settlement with the Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell's office, agreeing to pay their drivers a minimum wage of $32.50 per hour and provide additional benefits, including paid sick leave and health insurance stipends. This agreement resolves a longstanding lawsuit that challenged the classification of drivers as independent contractors. The companies will pay a combined $175 million to the state. The settlement, announced on Thursday, comes just before closing arguments in the trial were set to begin and is expected to avoid a costly ballot measure fight this November. The settlement does not address the drivers' employment status or collective bargaining rights.
#Uber and #Lyft agree to give Massachusetts drivers minimum pay https://t.co/AyMSqYFvRS
Drivers for Uber and Lyft will earn a minimum of $32.50 per hour under a settlement announced by Massachusetts officials, a deal that also includes a suite of benefits and protections. https://t.co/fhQVSliEvk https://t.co/NynBYoqyeI
Uber and Lyft will pay Massachusetts drivers a minimum $32.50 an hour. https://t.co/jrWzIM2VFb
Massachusetts Uber and Lyft drivers to earn $32.50 an hour under new settlement https://t.co/bnUQu9CbB7
Uber and Lyft agreed to pay a combined $175 million and provide drivers with a suite of benefits to settle an employee classification lawsuit brought by the state of Massachusetts. https://t.co/RnkjtqRDjv https://t.co/hNN9hpXRTR
Massachusetts Uber and Lyft drivers are about to get a minimum wage of $32.50/hr while driving. To settle a lawsuit brought by AG Andrea Campbell the companies will pay drivers $175m, implement this wage, and give some drivers money for health insurance, paid sick time, & more.
In a landmark settlement that is expected to avoid a costly ballot fight this November, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell on Thursday announced an agreement with Uber and Lyft that will grant employment benefits and rights for gig drivers. https://t.co/MHOJ1dOYdO
Drivers for Uber and Lyft will earn a minimum pay standard of $32.50 per hour under a settlement announced Thursday by Massachusetts Attorney General. https://t.co/7825XvwyxA
Massachusetts Uber and Lyft drivers score major victory with health benefits and new hourly pay rate https://t.co/6FkdUJQInQ https://t.co/6uhAEorqzb
Uber and Lyft agree to pay drivers $32.50 an hour in Massachusetts settlement https://t.co/E9y6UBkdJB
Uber and Lyft settled a yearslong legal dispute with the attorney general in Massachusetts on Thursday, agreeing to pay their drivers in the state a minimum rate with some benefits. https://t.co/FaLzvIWB61
Uber and Lyft drivers in Massachusetts to get minimum pay and other benefits as part of $175 million settlement https://t.co/xVxA9M4k2A
Uber and Lyft agree to pay drivers $32.50 per hour in Massachusetts settlement. https://t.co/hVbVieRXk2 https://t.co/WJkgeJZFsu
Uber and Lyft agree to pay drivers $32.50 per hour in Massachusetts settlement https://t.co/FTeK0BIqDn https://t.co/oTVMisut9J
Uber and Lyft have reached a deal with the Massachusetts AG to settle the state’s misclassification lawsuit by providing new benefits, without classifying workers as employees https://t.co/dj0x2te1yh Closing arguments would’ve been tomorrow. Also averts a ballot measure fight https://t.co/Vm2JTpDo7q
Mass cuts deal with @Uber and @Lyft for $32.50/hr, sick time, paid family leave, stipend for health insurance, occupation insurance and Uber and Lyft pay $148 million and $27 million respectively. Looks like drivers in MA are getting a good deal. What do you think about this? https://t.co/v1J531LPbU
Uber and Lyft agreed to pay ride-share drivers in Massachusetts a minimum wage and give them other benefits while continuing to classify them as independent contractors https://t.co/QhqU9JAXsD https://t.co/QhqU9JAXsD
Mass. AG reaches settlement with Uber, Lyft: Here's what it means for drivers | Click on the image to read the full story https://t.co/brQZHZs9YC
The state attorney general’s office has reached a deal with Uber and Lyft to grant drivers rights it says are among the best in the country, mirroring what state employees are entitled to but not addressing their employment status. https://t.co/pwH0SqCp5T
Uber and Lyft agree to pay drivers in Massachusetts a minimum wage and give them some benefits, and pay a combined $175M to the state to settle a 2020 lawsuit (@chrislisinski / State House News Service) https://t.co/628c8dkeVi https://t.co/wveojcLndf
Uber and Lyft agreed to a series of worker benefits to resolve a Massachusetts lawsuit that challenged drivers’ employment status as independent contractors (this is a night before closing statements of the MA trial were to take place) https://t.co/Ud5PWm6R1a via @business
Uber and Lyft agreed to a series of worker benefits to resolve a Massachusetts lawsuit that challenged drivers’ employment status as independent contractors https://t.co/GhYyuv5pNr
BREAKING: Settlement reached with Uber and Lyft to pay drivers ‘landmark wages, benefits,’ AG says https://t.co/eJSQr2i5Co
NEW: Uber and Lyft agreed to a series of worker benefits to resolve a longstanding state lawsuit in Massachusetts that challenged drivers’ employment status as independent contractors. https://t.co/3JmCtRBc7m
“Under the settlement, drivers will receive a minimum hourly wage of $32.50 and some benefits, including paid sick leave based on the number of hours they spend on the job.” https://t.co/CujaoGxnGz
Uber, Lyft Agree to Give Massachusetts Drivers a Minimum Wage and Other Benefits https://t.co/ZyYNDvjOwd
How it started (this morning) *Uber, Lyft Ballot Measures Blessed by Massachusetts Justices How its going (this afternoon) *UBER: MASS. DEAL TO KEEP DRIVERS' INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS
Teamsters are condemning the decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to allow Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart to go before voters this November with an anti-worker, anti-taxpayer referendum. The ballot question, if passed, would legitimize Big Tech companies’…
With Mass. Supreme Court having ruled, there will be a #Prop22 type question on the state's ballot that would define app-based drivers as independent contractors. There will also be a question on allowing them to collectively bargain. #FightforFreelancers https://t.co/sXKBRq9F1O
The MA SJC has just greenlit ballot petitions to be placed in front of voters this fall on whether app-based drivers should retain their independent contractor status and not be deemed as employees. https://t.co/DHXXeY98np
The state’s highest court on Thursday cleared the way for a ballot initiative that will allow voters to weigh in on the employment classification of gig drivers for Uber, Lyft, and other app-based companies. https://t.co/sES8IBP6us
Massachusetts's top court cleared the way for voters in the state to decide whether drivers for companies like Uber and Lyft should be classified as independent contractors who would be entitled to some new benefits but would not legally be employees https://t.co/p37NaCMXSm https://t.co/fyPsJsIAo0
NEW: A Massachusetts initiative to deem Uber and Lyft drivers independent contractors may appear on the 2024 ballot, the state Supreme Judicial Court said. https://t.co/0rAxQU2hBz