Ride-share drivers in New York will receive $328 million in back pay from Uber and Lyft along with a suite of new workplace benefits under a pair of sweeping settlements that could serve as a model for other states.
New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) announced the settlements Thursday following multi-year investigations into the ride-sharing companies’ prior practice of deducting sales tax and contributions to a driver injury fund from driver pay, rather than passing along those costs to passengers.
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