The battle over whether to classify rideshare drivers as employees for companies like Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart has heated up, as both sides testified over a bill that would codify drivers’ status as independent contractors

Rideshare drivers could take home a wage equivalent to under a third of the future state minimum wage of $15, according to a University of California, Berkeley study examining a Bay State ballot measure that would classify them as independent contractors instead of employees.