The rideshare companies will also pay their drivers $26 an hour provide paid sick leave, according to their settlements with the NY Attorney General's Office.
Lyft and Uber agreed Thursday to pay a total of $328 million to settle wage theft allegations in New York state.Uber will pay $290 million and Lyft will pay $38 million, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday in a statement. The entirety of funds from the two separate settlements will go to more than 100,000 current and former drivers.
The settlement marks the first time Uber and Lyft drivers working primarily outside of New York City will be guaranteed minimum pay â something that drivers within the city have received since 2019, under regulations established by the Taxi & Limousine Commission .
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