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Re:Rideshare operations are being suspended in California by JMTQp8lwXL on Thursday August 20, 2020 @02:52PM (#24227081)
Their business model was illegal before they formed the business.
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Re:Rideshare operations are being suspended in California by umanwizard on Thursday August 20, 2020 @02:58PM (#24227195)
I don't know whether that's true or not, but I don't think it changes my point.
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Re:Rideshare operations are being suspended in California by JMTQp8lwXL on Thursday August 20, 2020 @09:21PM (#24230960)
The Dynamex Decision [0] has held that the State of California has always considered drivers to be employees.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamex_Operations_West,_Inc._...

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Re:Rideshare operations are being suspended in California by frockington1 on Thursday August 20, 2020 @02:58PM (#24227207)
It was made illegal by the law that was just passed. You can't try to claim it was illegal beforehand in good faith
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