The Pitfalls of Uber and Lyft as Franchisors
Uber and Lyft are in the early stages of discussions to possibly turn many of their California...
May 24th 2022
Uber and Lyft are in the early stages of discussions to possibly turn many of their California...
This is the second part of a two-part post on AB5. A concern that has been articulated about...
Last week, a coalition of 75 professors from across the country sent a letter to California lawmakers in support of AB5. AB5, which will soon be voted on in the California Senate, codifies the legal standard articulated in Dynamex v. Superior Court (2018) and extends it to all California employment laws. In Dynamex, the Court created a presumption of employee status and set forth a simplified legal standard (“ABC” test) for an entity attempting to classify workers as independent contractors.
With the so-called “uberization” of work, any number of gig companies may be deserving of “the...