Gig Driver Rights Blog
Plain-English answers on pay, contracts, and your rights as a rideshare or delivery driver in New Jersey.
New Jersey's $2.77 Million Truck Driver Misclassification Settlement: What It Means for Gig Drivers
New Jersey settled its first-ever Superior Court misclassification lawsuit for $2.77 million, with $2.22 million going to truck drivers who were labeled independent contractors. Here is what that settlement says about New Jersey's ABC test, and what it may mean for gig and rideshare drivers.
Do Rideshare and Delivery Apps Steal Your Tips? What New Jersey Drivers Should Know
Do rideshare and delivery apps steal tips? Two attorneys general and the FTC went after DoorDash and Amazon Flex for using customer tips to lower driver pay. Here is how those schemes worked, and why New Jersey drivers usually cannot tell.
The One Thing Lyft and the Other Major Rideshare Apps Don't Want You to Know
The one thing Lyft and the other major rideshare apps don't want New Jersey drivers to know: you are most likely entitled to the full suite of state employment protections, including a six-year lookback, triple damages for wage theft and misclassification, full mileage and expense reimbursement, and paid sick leave.
New Jersey Rideshare Wage Theft: What It Is and What You Can Recover
A plain-English guide to New Jersey rideshare wage theft: how misclassification lets the apps underpay drivers, the four forms it usually takes, and the six-year lookback and up-to-triple damages a New Jersey driver may be able to recover.
If You're an Employee: What New Jersey Rideshare Drivers May Be Owed
If a New Jersey rideshare driver is really an employee, the law may require the company to cover mileage, insurance, and job expenses, may bar deductions just to use the app, and can allow up to six years of back pay plus triple damages.
New Jersey's 2026 ABC Test: Why Rideshare Drivers Are Likely Employees
New Jersey's 2026 ABC test rules sharpen rideshare misclassification law, especially Prong B, vehicle costs, minimum wage, and paid sick leave.