SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge Wednesday allowed thousands more Uber Technologies Inc. drivers to join litigation attacking the company’s policy of classifying drivers as independent contractors.

U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in the Northern District of California expanded the class he certified in September to allow previously excluded California drivers who signed up with Uber in 2014 or later. He also said the class can pursue reimbursement for work expenses, which he’d previously excluded.

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