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A comment on California appeals court rules Uber, Lyft must reclassify drivers as employees. Parent comment

Re:California appeals court rules Uber, Lyft must reclassify... by solidasparagus on Friday October 23, 2020 @02:23AM (#24866537)
> But Uber/Lyft/Doordash etc can give them autonomy, they can make them true contractors.

How? As far as I understand, this is literally impossible with AB5, unless they get an exemption like all the other contractor-based industries.

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Re:California appeals court rules Uber, Lyft must reclassify... by takeda on Friday October 23, 2020 @02:29PM (#24872382)
They could make drivers independent, allow them receive payments directly (if they chose so) and instead charge them for using their apps. Kind of like it is normally done.
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