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posted by takyon on Tuesday September 10 2019, @08:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the autonomous-car-turbo-button dept.

California Democrats are poised to pass landmark employment legislation over the objections of two of the companies that would be most affected: Silicon Valley ride-sharing giants Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc.

The bill already passed the State Assembly 59-15 and is expected to be voted on in the state Senate before the legislative session ends on Friday, possibly as soon as Monday night. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he would sign the bill, which intends to force companies that rely on “gig workers” to reclassify them as employees, likely upending the business model of those companies.

Uber and Lyft have spent much of the year pushing lawmakers to alter the bill or exempt them. That effort has failed against opposition from labor unions and a large Democratic majority in Sacramento. The companies have argued the bill would introduce new costs and logistical challenges that would be bad for them and many of their employees, who prefer job flexibility. If the measure becomes law, it is expected to have national repercussions given California’s economic importance and history of creating precedent-setting business regulations.


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  • (Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Wednesday September 11 2019, @03:44PM (1 child)

    by barbara hudson (6443) <barbara.Jane.hudson@icloud.com> on Wednesday September 11 2019, @03:44PM (#892742) Journal
    Your argument has been mooted - the measure passed, and as of the new year, uber and lyft drivers are employees.

    What I find funny is that the rideshare companies think that drivers would vote against this in a ballot measure. Not a chance. You're going to vote against vacation pay, health care benefits, and a guaranteed minimum for your labour? Only if you're an idiot.

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  • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @04:45PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @04:45PM (#893217)

    Only idiot I saw get mooted was you barbarahudson. Apk utterly dismantled and destroyed you on hosts files, C/C++ security/speed issues it has vs. Pascal, your blowhard erroneous lies he cut to pieces and you being caught admitting you stalk him by unidentifiable anon posts https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=33430&page=1&cid=889582#commentwrap [soylentnews.org]