“By refusing to comply with the law to classify workers as employees and provide wage data the state needs to process claims, these companies deliberately held up funds that drivers could be using now to pay for necessities like rent and food. Several hundred thousand drivers in California face the grim reality of empty bank accounts and bare cupboards. There are a million more workers here who are also suffering, all because the companies they work for refuse to call them employees. As taxpayers, we’re covering those workers so that their bosses can make out like bandits.