Uber Pays $100 Million for New Jersey Driver Status Claims (1)

Uber Technologies Inc. paid $100 million to New Jersey to resolve allegations of misclassifying its drivers and failing to pay unemployment insurance taxes, the state’s labor department said Tuesday morning.

The payment is the latest big company payout in the wide-ranging legal battle over the employment status of rideshare and delivery drivers. Companies such as Uber, Lyft Inc., Doordash Inc., and Grubhub Inc. routinely classify their drivers as independent contractors.

Workers in this category don’t qualify for the legal protections and workplace benefits available to those who are deemed employees, including minimum wage and overtime laws, unemployment insurance, workers’ compensation, ...