Lyft drivers, if employees, owed millions more: court documents

Maya Jackson, a Lyft driver from Sacramento, holds a Lyft Glowstache during a photo opportunity in San Francisco, California February 3, 2016. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

SAN FRANCISCO: Drivers who worked for ride-hailing service Lyft in California during the past four years would have been entitled to an estimated US$126mil (RM512.37mil) in expense reimbursements had they been employees rather than contractors, court documents show. 

Lyft drivers would have recouped an average of US$835 (RM3,395) each under a standard rate for mileage reimbursement set by the US government, according to the documents, which were made public on March 18 and had not been previously reported.