A California appeals court on Thursday upheld an order requiring Uber and Lyft to treat their California drivers as employees instead of independent contractors, less than two weeks before voters will be asked to exempt the ride-hailing giants from the state’s gig economy law.
The decision won’t have any immediate impact because it doesn’t take effect for at least 30 days, well after the Nov. 3 vote on Proposition 22. Uber and Lyft — which along with DoorDash have heavily bankrolled the ballot measure — had appealed an August preliminary injunction by a San Francisco judge. But the appellate ruling found “no legal error” and allowed it to stand.
“We conclude that the injunction was properly issued in accordance with enduring principles of equity,” the 74-page ruling said. “It is broad in scope, no doubt, but so too is the scale of the alleged violations.“Uber and Lyft issued statements noting that the ruling doesn’t take immediate effect and urging voters to approve Proposition 22. Lyft also said it also is considering appealing to the California Supreme Court.The decision came in a lawsuit filed by California Atty. Gen.
Treating Uber and Lyft drivers as employees instead of independent contractors would guarantee benefits such as overtime, sick leave and expense reimbursement for workers who make up much of the freewheeling gig economy.The law has wide-reaching implications across a number of sectors, but none more so than the ride-hailing industry.
For about two more weeks lol.
Appeals court orders Uber and Lyft must comply with labor law AB 5, until there deceptively written ballot proposition over rules them.
They don't have to. repealAB5 YesOnProp22
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