Tech: Google is the latest tech company to be sued by its own delivery workers

Legal challenges over how workers in the on-demand tech economy should be classified keep popping up. The latest one, filed on Friday and first reported by Reuters, is a proposed class-action lawsuit filed by a Massachusetts woman named Anna Coorey, who drove for Google Express. The lawsuit says Coorey is owed overtime pay and expenses, since she should have been classified as an employee, not a contractor. Coorey was hired through an independent courier service but wore a Google Express uniform and was required to take packages only from Google. She was required to take all deliveries in her shift.
The case was filed just days after former Amazon Now drivers filed a suit in California with similar allegations.
Court challenges over treatment of contractors have also been brought against the largest ride-sharing services, Uber and Lyft; home-cleaning and repair services like Handy and the now-defunct Homejoy; and food delivery services like GrubHub and DoorDash.
Google didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters.