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Lyft agrees to pay $272.5 million to settle worker classification lawsuit
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Uber and Lyft were sued by the state of California in 2020 for misclassifying employees as contractors.
Uber and Lyft were sued by the state of California in 2020 for misclassifying employees as contractors.
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