{"id":12099,"date":"2023-11-02T16:37:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T15:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/02\/uber-and-lyft-to-pay-out-328m-to-new-york-ride-share-drivers\/"},"modified":"2023-11-02T16:37:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T15:37:18","slug":"uber-and-lyft-to-pay-out-328m-to-new-york-ride-share-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/02\/uber-and-lyft-to-pay-out-328m-to-new-york-ride-share-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber and Lyft to pay out $328m to New York ride-share drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers celebrate \u2018historic victory\u2019 as companies agree to settlement after being accused of withholding wages and benefits<\/p>\n<p>The ride-share companies Uber and Lyft have agreed to a historic settlement totaling $328m after being accused of withholding wages and benefits, such as mandatory paid sick leave, from drivers.<\/p>\n<p>The news, announced by the New York state attorney general\u2019s office, comes after a multi-year investigation following a complaint filed by the New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA) union, alleging the companies were committing wage theft and passing on taxes and fees to drivers rather than passengers. The attorney general\u2019s office said it is the largest wage-theft settlement it has ever won.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/nov\/02\/uber-lyft-settlement-new-york-driver-lawsuit\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/3e813ba1376ac255cda2e22aca72a2fb5a98dd8f\/0_63_3000_1800\/master\/3000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=4954b2f6f887080afd61d5c2a00e6fc5\" title=\"Uber and Lyft to pay out $328m to New York ride-share drivers\" \/>Drivers celebrate \u2018historic victory\u2019 as companies agree to settlement after being accused of withholding wages and benefits<br \/>\nThe ride-share companies Uber and Lyft have agreed to a historic settlement totaling $328m after being accused of withholding wages and benefits, such as mandatory paid sick leave, from drivers.<br \/>\nThe news, announced by the New York state attorney general\u2019s office, comes after a multi-year investigation following a complaint filed by the New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA) union, alleging the companies were committing wage theft and passing on taxes and fees to drivers rather than passengers. The attorney general\u2019s office said it is the largest wage-theft settlement it has ever won. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers celebrate \u2018historic victory\u2019 as companies agree to settlement after being accused of withholding wages and benefits The ride-share companies Uber and Lyft have agreed to a historic settlement totaling $328m after being accused of withholding wages and benefits, such as mandatory paid sick leave, from drivers. The news, announced by the New York state &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/02\/uber-and-lyft-to-pay-out-328m-to-new-york-ride-share-drivers\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Uber and Lyft to pay out $328m to New York ride-share drivers<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12099"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}