Call Uber and Lyft drivers what they are: employees, writes profsheena. (via latimesopinion)
Uber and Lyft are mounting a full court press to convince policymakers in California that their drivers should be classified as independent contractors and not employees. Uber’s chief executive and Lyft’s founders claim that the designation is critical for the companies. They“we can make independent work better if we update century-old employment laws.” In other words, don’t change our business model, just change the law.
Let’s start with the basic question of what these companies are delivering and how they are doing it. Uber and Lyft argue they are technology platforms that connect customers needing transit from point A to B with drivers who operate as independent contractors.If you provide a service whose corporate name is so dominant and pervasive that it has become a verb, it suggests you have created a very strong brand.
Through algorithmic systems, Uber and Lyft produce a highly valued brand experience for consumers and investors based on their ability to control and direct drivers who are central to the service they provide. And that means under the three-part test established by the California Supreme Court and proposed in AB 5, currently being debated in Sacramento, those workers are employees, not contractors.
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