Lyft Settles Misclassification Claims For $19.4M

The Lyft ride-share company agreed to settle New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development allegations that it was illegally misclassifying its drivers as independent contractors instead of employees.
New Jersey is in the midst of an update to its independent contractor regulations that would see more workers classified as regular employees.
The settlement with Lyft stems from a state audit after Lyft’s drivers filed of unemployment insurance and disability benefits.
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Around 300 injured workers in Wisconsin who are permanently and totally disabled have not seen a benefit increase in nearly a decade.
The state’s workers’ comp system has about 500 beneficiaries receiving PTD benefits and roughly 300 of them are eligible for raises.
The last time their benefit payments were increased was in 2016 but a bill is now being drafted that could increase those benefits.
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A South Korean court says that a worker’s death in a crash on his way to work should be recognized as an occupational accident.
The decision came as the worker’s family sought benefits from the Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service.
The agency initially denied benefits on the basis that the worker was not on his work commute at the time, but the court found it reasonable that the worker was trying to get to work early after having been late to work the three days prior.
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