Court documents show that ride-hailing company Uber would have owed drivers in two states as much as $730 million more had they been considered employees instead of contract workers, according to Reuters.

    The figure covers the expense of things like like mileage and vehicle maintenance. It was included in newly unsealed court documents that detail a proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit that covers Uber drivers in California and Massachusetts, and it provides fresh insight into the sort of reckoning the company could face if drivers across the United States were elevated to the status of full-fledged employees.



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People paying for Uber services would have to pay for an additional 730 million in total, per year, if their drivers were made to be considered full time employees.


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