First-of-its-kind agreement combats the trend of employee misclassification in the hospitality industry and provides significant restitution for workers
Uber and Lyft unsuccessfully argued that individual driver arbitration agreements should prevent governments from seeking relief for illegal worker misclassification
“These companies are headquartered in San Francisco. We are going to police our own to ensure the law is followed, workers are protected, and the marketplace is fair.”
Herrera negotiates agreement ending legal appeal; affirming administrative order and S.F. Superior Court ruling to benefit 275 current and former workers