On Tuesday (Nov. 3), California voters gave the nod to statewide ballot initiative Proposition 22, which allows app-based companies, such as ride-hailing firms and other gig economy firms, to classify workers as contractors rather than employees. The vote was not even close, as 58 percent...
California voters passed Proposition 22, which exempts tech platforms like Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash from state law AB 5, which forced them to reclassify gig workers as employees, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Wednesday (Nov. 4). The three app-based tech companies were joined...
In California, a state ballot vote tomorrow (Nov. 3) will likely have seismic reverberations for gig economy companies and the millions of individuals and families who rely on them as economy lifelines in the midst of a pandemic. Proposition 22 (Prop 22) is a measure...
Uber is weighing contingency plans that could dramatically shrink its California operations should a ballot campaign aimed at revoking a controversial state labor law fall short on Election Day. Speaking at The Wall Street Journal’s annual Tech Live confab, Uber Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi dropped...
Mastercard is working with portable benefits program Stride in order to help companies offer U.S. workers access to affordable healthcare plans, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS. The release stated this is the first time that “differentiated health, dental and vision benefits will...
Lawyers for Uber, Lyft and the state of California laid out arguments on Tuesday (Oct. 13) for whether or not the state can force the gig economy companies to treat workers as employees and give benefits, Reuters reports. In January, California implemented its AB 5...
California Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) — and its now famed (and feared) three-part test as to whether a worker could be classified as an independent contractor or must by law be classified as an employee — has been a magnet for controversy almost since day...
For workers living paycheck to paycheck even before COVID-19, having their hours cut back due to the pandemic can stretch already tenuous financial situations to the breaking point. Cash-strapped employees struggling to make ends meet need fast access now more than ever to the money...
New tests may help companies (and regulators) determine who is an independent contractor — and who is not. To that end, a new proposal by the U.S. Department of Labor would offer guidelines and “tests” that would help define whether workers are independent contractors or...
