Justices Skip Uber, Lyft Bid for California Arbitration Review

Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. on Monday failed to secure US Supreme Court review of their challenges to California’s wage enforcement efforts on behalf of drivers who agreed to arbitrate any employment claims.

The ride-hailing platforms urged the justices to weigh in after California courts allowed the state to sue them for allegedly misclassifying drivers as independent contractors when they’re really employees. The workers’ arbitration agreements don’t bar government enforcement proceedings, the state courts said.

California alleges the companies, including three Uber subsidiaries, deprived tens of thousands of drivers booked by passengers via the Uber and Lyft apps of ...