The California Labor Commissioner has concluded 38 Pacific 9 Transportation drivers are employees — not contractors — and that the drayage company owes them $6.9 million in wages, Overdrive reports.
A water meter reader in Illinois was determined to be a city employee and not an independent contractor because the city exercised considerable control over her labor, according to Lexis Nexis.
Two groups of drivers that had been excluded from a class-action misclassification lawsuit against Uber have filed their own lawsuit against the firm, the Los Angeles Times reports.
