WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Lyft Inc., San Francisco, California, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Labor expressing support for the agency's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The company emphasized the benefits of the proposed rule for app-based workers, citing data from its annual driver surveys and highlighting the experiences of Lyft drivers who operate within its virtual marketplace platform. Lyft described itself as a virtual marketplace more ST