Consulting companies, contract companies are the obvious alternative. Jusr as in IT a TEK can specialize in labor, so a company can specialize in labor for truck drivers.
The labor company would be totally separate from the company(s) that own the trucks, which would be totally separate from the company(s) that do the maintenance which would be totally separate from the logistics companys(s).
Specialization to game the government regs and txes.
Huh?
This is the equivalent of a restaurant claiming that it should not be subject to public health codes because food isn't part of their core business.
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC): 4121 (Taxicabs)
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS): 485310 (Taxi Service)
Years ago, I was employed doing accounting work for a major financial institution. But I was not an employee of that institution. I was employed and paid by the temporary employee agency. The temp agency was paid by the financial institution, and the temp agency gave me a paycheck.
The response to this bill may be that Uber and Lyft drivers, and others, will be employed by a 3rd party, and that 3rd party company may then be the business entity which deals with Uber and Lyft Corporate, for pay and benefits.
“The labor company would be totally separate from the company(s) that own the trucks, which would be totally separate from the company(s) that do the maintenance which would be totally separate from the logistics companys(s).
Specialization to game the government regs and txes.”
How does that game the government? The workers of each of those specialized companies would have to be classified as employees.