Massachusetts top court blocks gig worker ballot question from going forward

2022.06.14 17:18

FILE PHOTO: An Uber office is shown in Redondo Beach, California, U.S., March 16, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

By Nate Raymond

BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts’ top court on Tuesday barred a ballot measure from moving forward that would ask voters whether drivers for app-based companies like Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER) Inc and Lyft Inc (NASDAQ:LYFT) should be treated as independent contractors and not employees.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that ballot questions that a coalition of app-based service providers hoped to put before voters in November went too far by including an unrelated proposal that would limit their liability for accidents by their drivers.

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