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Uber attorney Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. said that “Uber would have to turn into a different company” if the ruling went through. “That is a drastic thing to order.”
The judges also questioned the attorney representing the state on its case that Uber and Lyft are out of compliance with
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An Uber Technologies Inc. engineer said Tuesday he is taking a
The ballot measure, known as Proposition 22, would establish drivers as an independent class of workers with access to limited job benefits, along with wage and worker protections they’ve so far lacked under the gig economy model. Labor groups and many of driver advocates say the companies’ efforts, however, do
Using a recently-published Cornell University driver pay study in Seattle as a basis, Reuters calculated that each full-time driver would cost the company, on average, an additional $7,700. That includes roughly $4,560 in annual employer-based California and federal payroll taxes and some $3,140 in annual workers’ compensation insurance, which is
(Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc together are spending nearly $100 million on a November California ballot initiative to overturn a state law that would compel them to classify drivers as employees.
Uber and Lyft together are spending nearly $100 million on Proposition 22, a November California ballot initiative to overturn a controversial state law that
Uber and Lyft together are spending nearly $100 million on a November California ballot initiative to overturn a state law that would compel them to classify drivers as employees.
That sum looks less huge, however, than the potential costs of complying with the existing law, according to a Reuters analysis.
Uber and Lyft together are spending nearly $100 million on a November California ballot initiative to overturn a state law that would compel them to classify drivers as employees.
That sum looks less huge, however, than the potential costs of complying with the existing law, according to a Reuters analysis.
As usual in presidential years, the election night excitement in true-blue California will come not at the top of the ballot, where Democrats are all but assured victory, but from the state’s exhausting experiment with direct democracy. And nestled amongst this year’s 12 ballot measures on everything from taxes to
LOS ANGELES — Californians are being asked decide if Uber, Lyft and other app-based drivers should remain independent contractors or be eligible for the benefits that come with being company employees.
The battle between the powerhouses of the so-called gig economy and labor unions including the International Brotherhood of Teamsters