California Officials File Lawsuit Against Ride-Sharing Apps. Uber Blasts Them For Timing.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed a lawsuit against the ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft on Tuesday for claiming that drivers are freelance contractors and not company employees, who would be subject to more stringent labor laws and workplace benefits.  

While the feud over employee classification has been ongoing, the battle escalated last year after California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez proposed a ride-sharing law that would classify drivers as employees in order to disrupt the “status quo” and “reshape the future of workers as we know it.”