Uber, Lyft, and the Gig Economy Score Legal Win in California Courts

Red State ^ | 3/13/23 | Joe Cunningham

[CFW]

Companies that rely on the gig economy model for workers scored a big win in courts Monday after an appeals court overturned a lower court ruling that previously found Proposition 22 illegal.

Proposition 22 passed by a wide margin in November 2020, exempting app-based gig economy drivers from California’s terrible AB5 law and allowing them to continue to work as independent contractors. However, almost a year later, it was ruled unconstitutional by a California court.

But a legal challenge to that ruling carried on, and a year and a half later, those app-based companies scored a victory, according to the Wall Street Journal.

[CFW]

A win for the gig-economy in California by the Appeals Court.

[one guy in new jersey]

From the WSJ:

A state appeals court reversed a lower-court ruling that found a California ballot measure known as Proposition 22 illegal. Proposition 22, which passed in November 2020, allowed these companies to continue to treat their drivers as independent contractors.

[jocon307]

Thank goodness for this!

[Alberta's Child]

I’m not so sure this is a good thing. AB5 was an outrageous overreach of government. Proposition 22 apparently carved out a narrow exception for one or more industries. How does that stand up to any legal scrutiny for equal treatment under the law?

[CFW]

“From the WSJ”

That’s actually where I first saw the story, so then went looking for it posted elsewhere that wasn’t behind a pay-wall.

Side note: I have gotten so disillusioned with WSJ reporting lately. They will often not allow commenting on important stories but instead post some ridiculous article on culture on the front page and open it for comments. Then, even on it, the moderators often times censor critics of Biden and his merry band of destructive misfits. The have joined the corporate media in framing stories as Republicans “pounce”.

The editorial articles can still be somewhat decent, but many front-page articles are actually opinion pieces that pretend to be factual.

[Alas Babylon!]

Absolutely!

What about truckers? Contract trainers? Independent artists and designers?

[SunkenCiv]

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