Uber CEO says app will temporarily shut down in California if new ruling upheld

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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said Wednesday that the ride-hailing service would be forced to temporarily shut down in California if a judge's ruling compelling it to classify its drivers as employees instead of contractors is upheld.

A San Francisco Superior Court judge ruled earlier this week that Uber and Lyft must classify drivers as employees rather than independent contractors. The ruling came down following California state and local officials' attempt to make the companies comply with Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), a new law that enforces more stringent restrictions on employee classifications.

The judge granted a 10-day stay for the ruling, and Uber and Lyft said they planned to appeal. The companies are also supporting a measure that will appear on the November ballot in California exempting gig companies from AB5.

Speaking on MSNBC, Khosrowshahi said that he hoped the court would hold off on making a decision until after the election, or else the company would be forced to stop its service for at least three months.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/uber-ceo-says-app-will-temporarily-shut-down-in-california-if-new-ruling-upheld/ar-BB17SyMC?li=BBnbfcQ&ocid=hplocalnews

Boohoo

[Midnightwalk]

1. Gig jobs are just a way to evade inadequate labor laws

Make all labor laws apply to gig workers, provide universal healthcare that isn’t tied to employment, make minimum wage a livable wage again, and provide a UBI and there would be no motivation for making a new category of employment like gig workers.

It’s just words to hide they are screwing their employees.

That would also fix a lot of the part time worker employment scam.

[Sherman A1]

2. Oh, well

perhaps Uber could simply abide by the law.

[sanatanadharma]

3. Make a new CARide system to replace Uber

The same technology could sustain an ethical non-profit, worker-owned, labor-respecting, law-abiding, people-riding California State system app.

Bye Uber, Hello "Way2Go".-