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Last-minute California ruling means Uber and Lyft won't shut down today:
A California judge has granted Uber and Lyft an emergency reprieve from an order requiring them to treat their drivers as employees. The companies were facing a Thursday deadline to comply with the order. Earlier today, Lyft announced that it would be forced to shut down in the state at midnight tonight.
[...] Uber had warned that it was likely to do the same if the courts didn't delay enforcement of the law.
[...] The judge's emergency stay means that Lyft and Uber will be able to keep operating under their current model while they continue litigating whether the new law applies to them.
Previously:
California Judge Rules Uber and Lyft to Immediately Classify Drivers as Employees
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday August 22 2020, @12:08AM
Nobody is forcing them to buy and maintain cars or be ride hailing drivers. If it's not OK pay for the effort, then they can do something else instead.
Let us keep in mind one of the enormous virtues of these ride hailing services. So many people have cars and don't use them for much. They're already supplying, maintaining, and insuring their own car - there's usually a substantial commitment in the first place. Thus, the "really big issue" is much smaller marginal cost than you present it.
This gives them an opportunity to use that car for something useful - giving rides to people who need them. It reduces a source of substantial waste in society.