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, was considered a major victory for the gig-economy companies. the question of whether those who drive for the companies should be treated as employees or contractors has spurred a yearslong legal battle in the state. in 2020, california voters approved proposition 22, allowing app-based ...
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One criticism of Uber-like jobs is that because drivers aren’t technically employees but are instead independent contractors of Uber, they don’t enjoy the security and benefits of traditional jobs. The complication, here, though, is that most taxi drivers are also independent contractors, so th...
The companies as part of the settlement abandoned their support of a since-dropped ballot measure that would have codified into law the drivers' status as contractors. But the settlement stopped short of declaring the drivers employees. Uber and Lyft opted not to campaign against Question 3...
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Looks like a win-win to us. Uber and its drivers in California and Massachusetts just settled class actions filed in 2013 over driver status as contractors or employees. Here’s the deal: the drivers are still contractors (Score for Uber!) and the drivers are getting a cash settlement (Dri...
The decision by the New York State Department of Labor is a victory for Uber drivers as they seek to be classified as employees rather than contractors. A similar court case was heard in California this year which decided drivers were contractors, but co
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 5 (A.B. 5 or AB5) into law on September 18, 2019, and changed the way businesses classify contractors and employees. Reshaping the workforce in California, under this this legislation, many people who were previously classified as “independen...