{"id":1297,"date":"2020-08-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/news\/uber-lyfts-free-ride-on-benefits-must-end\/"},"modified":"2023-02-27T10:59:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T15:59:56","slug":"uber-lyfts-free-ride-on-benefits-must-end","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-nl\/news\/uber-lyfts-free-ride-on-benefits-must-end","title":{"rendered":"Uber, Lyft\u2019s free ride on benefits must end"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<blockquote class=\"blockquote\" id=\"block_1451d31062ec03b91679e5e59af4a550\">\n    <div><span><\/span><\/div>\n    <p>\u201cFor gig companies, the \u2018free ride' on benefits is finally up.\u201d<\/p>\n    <cite class=\"blockquote__attribution\">\n                    <span class=\"blockquote__name\">CEO JOHN CHUANG<\/span>\n                    <\/cite>\n<\/blockquote><!-- #block_1451d31062ec03b91679e5e59af4a550 -->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey recently joined a growing movement to stop the gig-economy assault on America's workers by filing a lawsuit against Uber and Lyft over the companies' misclassification of workers. As these companies continue to find creative ways to shirk their legal duties, we cannot forget the labor law violations they are committing. These companies have been misclassifying their workers as independent contractors for years to avoid paying traditional workplace benefits \u2014 including minimum wage, unemployment insurance, workers' compensation and paid sick leave \u2014 as well as federal payroll taxes. Like or not, they better wake up and realize change is coming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Millions of workers have been misclassified for years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1401,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":""},"class_list":["post-1297","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 5.0.3 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Millions of workers have been misclassified for years.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-nl\/news\/uber-lyfts-free-ride-on-benefits-must-end\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO Pro (AIOSEO) 5.0.3\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Aquent\" \/>\n\t\t<meta 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