Appellate Court Affirms Injunction Requiring Uber, Lyft to Classify Drivers as Employees

A California appeals court affirmed an order directing ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft to treat their drivers as employees and not independent contractors while litigating a misclassification complaint filed by the state and some of its largest cities. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, along with city attorneys in Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco, in May 2020 filed a complaint accusing Uber and Lyft of misclassifying drivers as contractors in violation of Assembly Bill 5. A San Francisco Superior Court judge on Aug. 10 issued an injunction ordering the companies to...