Lyft and Uber have 10 days to appeal the decision
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On Monday, a California judge ruled that Lyft and Uber must classify all of their drivers as employees. Uber immediately filed an appeal to block the motion from going into effect.
A Lyft spokesperson, said "Drivers do not want to be employees, full stop," If the drivers become classified as employees both companies would be responsible for pay minimum wage, overtime, rest periods and reimbursements.
An Uber spokesperson said, "The vast majority of drivers want to work independently, and we've already made significant changes to our app to ensure that remains the case under California law."
The lawsuit and court rulings in California comes ahead of the November election, where state voters will decide on classifying ride-hail drivers and other gig economy workers as independent contractors.
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