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Lyft has settled a landmark California driver misclassification lawsuit for $272.5 million, covering the 2016-2020 period before Proposition 22 exempted ride-hailing firms from AB5. Critics, including law professor Veena Dubal, called the sum paltry relative to what drivers are owed, as gig workers continue organizing for better pay.
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1883, banning employers from using AI-powered surveillance tools to collect workers' brain activity or infer their emotional states, with civil penalties up to $500 per violation.