Lyft Hit With New Class Claim by N.J. Driver Over Classification

Lyft Inc. is facing fresh allegations that it violated federal and state wage laws by misclassifying hundreds of drivers as independent contractors, rather than employees, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court in New Jersey.

Drivers are employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act and New Jersey law, and Lyft’s policy and practice of classifying them as contractors has unlawfully deprived them of minimum and overtime wages, the complaint says.

Lyft forces drivers to bear the costs of necessary business expenses like vehicle maintenance, which reduces their wages below the minimum wage, according to the complaint filed in ...