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The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Proposition 22 – the ballot measure that passed in November 2020 and classified app-based gig workers as independent contractors rather than employees – is here to stay. The decision is a win for app-based companies like Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart, which have fought hard to maintain their business models that rely on gig workers to give passengers on-demand rides and deliver food and other goods. “Whether drivers or couriers choose to...

The California Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a ballot measure that allows app-based companies like Uber (UBER) and Lyft (LYFT) to classify drivers as independent contractors. The court ruled that the state's 2020 Proposition 22 was constitutional. The ballot measure allows companies such as Uber, Lyft and DoorDash (DASH) to classify their employees as independent contractors. A group of ride-share drivers and labor unions challenged the constitutionality of Proposition 22 in 2021. The legal...

The unanimous ruling by the seven-member court is an expected but massive win for the companies — and a loss for the gig drivers who’ve long been organizing against the law that voters enacted in 2020 with Proposition 22. By ruling it constitutional, the state Supreme Court allows Uber, Lyft and other gig companies to continue skirting some of the labor protections and benefits available to most employees in the state. The case has broad impacts; more than 1.4 million Californians do gig work...

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