Litigation is “on-demand” this summer. But before you go reaching for your remote controls, what Robert Whitman and Adam Smiley of Seyfarth Shaw mean is that a second wave of worker classification lawsuits is springing up. “Numerous tech companies have been hit with class or collective action lawsuits alleging misclassification of their workers, most filed by the same plaintiffs’ attorney who avoided summary judgment against Uber and Lyft earlier this year,” they say.
What’s causing these latest legal blockbusters? In June, the California Labor Commissioner ruled that a former Uber driver was an employee of the ride-sharing company. Though the decision isn’t binding on any court and applies only to the employee at issue, it “created shockwaves and has led to widespread speculation about a similar ruling in the class action lawsuits,” they say.
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