In one of the most closely watched (and most expensive) fronts in the ongoing battle over employment classification of gig workers, California voters appear to have approved Proposition 22, a ballot measure that confirms the independent contractor status of certain
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California Appeals Court Orders Rideshare Drivers To Be Classified As Employees
Rideshare companies in California have now been ordered by an appeals court to reclassify their drivers as employees, threatening to upend the very foundation of the gig economy business model that offers flexibility and freedom to workers and businesses alike.…
We Won’t Have To Wait Very Much Longer For Final Gig Economy Rule
The Department of Labor has turned down Congressional calls to extend the time period to receive public comments about the proposed independent contractor rule that would make it easier for gig economy businesses and other hiring entities to avoid federal…
5 Most Significant Gig Economy Developments In September
Gig economy companies across the country had a whirlwind September, as legal developments impacting their business models continued to unfold. Here are the five most significant workplace law developments in the gig economy world from the past month.
Rideshare Companies Get Last-Minute California Reprieve – But Pivotal Gig Economy Appeal Will Be Heard At Warp Speed
Just a few hours before they were subject to a court order forcing them to transform all of their drivers from independent contractors to employees, a California appeals court spared the nation’s two largest rideshare companies from having to immediately…
Battle Lines Drawn: Another Appeals Court Rules That Drivers Can Escape Arbitration, Furthering National Split For Gig Economy Companies
Gig economy companies received bad news yesterday when yet another federal appeals court ruled that delivery drivers – even independent contractors – can escape otherwise valid arbitration agreements. This is now the third federal appeals court to conclude that the…
Is This The New Normal For Gig Economy Companies? San Francisco Seeks To Force DoorDash To Classify Workers As Employees
Last week’s successful effort by California’s Attorney General to obtain an injunction forcing two ride-sharing giants to reclassify their drivers as employees may be the beginning of a trend that threatens to create a new normal for gig economy companies.…
Bloomberg Law Reports DOL Misclassification Rule Could Be In Jeopardy
A report by Ben Penn in Thursday’s Bloomberg Law casts serious doubt about whether the Department of Labor will proceed with a misclassification rule before the end of this presidential term. We reported last month that the July 1 regulatory…
Uber CEO Calls For Third Worker Classification
In an op-ed appearing in today’s N.Y. Times, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi echoes what we have been saying on this blog for quite some time – that it is time for federal and state lawmakers to tear down the existing…
California Judge Hands Stinging Loss To Gig Economy Companies – 5 Takeaways From Ruling Ordering Ride-Sharing Drivers To Be Classified As Employees
A California state court judge just handed a potentially groundbreaking loss to gig economy companies across the state by granting an injunction forcing the two biggest ride-sharing drivers in the nation to classify their drivers as employees. A silver lining…