Re:California appeals court rules Uber, Lyft must reclassify...
by jayd16 on Friday October 23, 2020 @02:53AM
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Ah you're assuming the apps will go the salaried route. My assumption is they'll do the work to classify drivers as proper contractors instead.
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Re:California appeals court rules Uber, Lyft must reclassify...
by fossuser on Friday October 23, 2020 @03:03AM
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Yeah, it’s hard to predict the outcome/knock-on effects without knowing more specifics so it’s definitely possible I’m wrong about that bit.
I generally think it’s a bad idea though. I’d like to think I could be persuaded otherwise, but the arguments I heard in favor of AB5 or no on 22 didn’t seem that strong.
The sense I got from friends voting no was it was mostly driven by anti-Uber motivated reasoning without much thought about existing incentives and unexpected negative consequences.
The sense I took away from reading about AB5 was that it’s a push to get drivers marked as employees so the teamsters could unionize them and collect fees.
Basically a political battle behind the scenes is the real fight and this other stuff is just confusing the issue.
In that context Yes on 22 seemed like a good option.