Uber and Lyft to pay $328 million for wage theft

Uber and Lyft will pay $328 million “in the largest settlement for wage theft“in NYafter the Prosecutor’s Office pointed out that these platforms “systematically cheated” their drivers for years.

As announced this Thursday in a press release, the Attorney General New York, Letitia JamesHe did it Uber to pay $290 million and Lyft to pay $38 million, money that will be refunded to more than 100,000 affected drivers.

In addition, the drivers of these applications in NY They will also receive paid sick days and minimum wage, among other benefits.

Statement of Prosecutor’s office notes that from 2014 to 2017, Uber deducted sales taxes and fees from Black car fund from paying drivers when those taxes and fees should have been paid by passengers.

for his part, Lyft used a similar method to cheat drivers from 2015 to 2017, deducting an 11.4% “administrative fee” from driver payments. drivers in New Yorkit is stated in the investigation.

Investigation of Prosecutor’s office He noted that the rigs’ actions “deprived drivers of their hard-earned wages and prevented them from receiving valuable benefits available under federal labor laws.” NY“.

“Drivers mostly come from immigrant communities and depend on these jobs to support their families. These contracts will ensure they finally get what they have rightfully earned and are owed under the law. lawJames remarked.

The Chief State Attorney also noted that her office “will continue to ensure that companies operating in the so-called ‘cooperative economy’ do not deny your workers their rights or undermine laws intended to protect them.”