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It establishes the nation's strictest test on who qualifies as an employee and could set a precedent for other states to follow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit filed by the Pacific Legal Foundation, a nonprofit libertarian group, challenged what it calls an “irrational and arbitrary” limit of 35 submissions each year to each media outlet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That has “thrown our community into a panic, given that in the year 2020 digital media is a whole different beast than newspapers and journalism of the past,” said Los Angeles-based writer Maressa Brown, who founded California Freelance Writers United in September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You could hit 35 (submissions) in a matter of a few weeks, and we don’t feel that should require us submitting a W2, sitting in an office and tethered to a computer and under the oversight of one client,” said Brown, who likes having up to 15 clients at one time. “People are losing clients, income. Their livelihoods are under threat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit says the freelance restriction draws “unconstitutional content-based distinctions about who can freelance,” noting that “the government faces a heavy burden of justification when its regulations single out the press.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“First, it was the Endangered Species Act, then women on corporate boards, and now the Pacific Legal Foundation is attacking California’s landmark workplace rights law. That should come as no surprise to anyone,” the bill’s author, Democratic Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez of San Diego, said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzalez also responded on Twitter to criticisms from some freelance reporters and photographers. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/LorenaSGonzalez/status/1205310559211573249\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/LorenaSGonzalez/status/1205265427401601024\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who is also named in the lawsuit did not respond to comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Pacific Legal Foundation brought the lawsuit on behalf of the organizations and filed it in federal court in Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two associations together have more than 650 members in California. Their lawsuit asks a judge to invalidate the portion of the law that would affect them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit was filed a day after the digital sports media company SB Nation, owned by Vox Media, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sbnation.com/2019/12/16/21024100/thank-you-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced that it would end its use of more than 200 California freelancers\u003c/a>, switching instead to using a much smaller number of new employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California law “makes it impossible for us to continue with our current California team site structure because it restricts contractors from producing more than 35 written content ‘submissions’ per year,” the company said on its website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='news_11777002']The new law implements \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11769741/is-the-gig-up-what-dynamex-means-for-the-future-of-contracting-in-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a legal ruling last year\u003c/a> by the California Supreme Court regarding workers at the delivery company Dynamex. But the Pacific Legal Foundation lawsuit says that ruling would have had little direct effect on professionals engaged in “original and creative” work, like its clients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law gives newspaper companies a one-year delay to figure out how to apply to the law to newspaper carriers, who work as independent contractors. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The bill represents an existential threat to our industry,” said Jim Ewert, general counsel for the California News Publishers Association. “Content doesn’t matter if you can’t put it on peoples’ doorsteps.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His organization is not involved in the lawsuit, but he said the government “has to be mindful of the impact it is going to have on the freedom of expression.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law may be suspect on free speech grounds for singling out a particular classification of worker engaged in expressive activities, Ewert said. And he said this particular facet has the potential to harm what he called “underrepresented voices” that may be more limited in speaking out for minority, low income, LGBT or other communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Trucking Association last month filed the first challenge to the new law, arguing it would harm independent truckers. Uber, Lyft and DoorDash have said they will spend $90 million on a 2020 ballot measure opposing the law if they can't negotiate other rules for their drivers. Uber also said it will keep treating its drivers as independent contractors and defend that decision in court if needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Over Labor Day, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared his \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article234624897.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">support\u003c/a> for a bill that would reclassify an estimated \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2019/06/california-dynamex-gig-worker-classification-independent-contractors-uber-lyft-strippers-truckers-freelancers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2 million\u003c/a> California workers as employees instead of independent contractors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Powerful unions view \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AB 5\u003c/a> as the year’s signature labor achievement, and the bill is expected to pass the state Senate next week – its last stop before heading to the governor’s desk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/blogs/california-election-2020/2019/08/elizabeth-warren-dynamex-califronia-gig-economy-presidential-primary/\">Democratic presidential candidates\u003c/a> have seized on labor standards of gig workers as a campaign issue, many questions remain about the bill’s implications, particularly for Uber and Lyft drivers in California, who number in the hundreds of thousands. Will they become employees when AB 5 becomes law? Will their pay go up? Will they lose flexibility?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of this remains in flux. Uber and Lyft say today’s on-demand economy calls for a new, first-in-the-nation framework, and they want California to forge it. Last week, major gig employers seeded \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2019/08/with-no-carveout-in-hand-uber-lyft-doordash-pledge-90-million-to-california-ballot-fight/\">$90 million\u003c/a> for a new ballot measure unless lawmakers find a way to protect their business model. At the same time, the companies acknowledged their drivers deserve better pay, more benefits and \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/uber-under-the-hood/moving-work-forward-in-california-7de60b6827b4\">greater representation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats and labor leaders are working their way through this issue, which means even if AB 5 passes, negotiations will continue. On Wednesday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.politicopro.com/\">Politico\u003c/a> reported California Labor Federation Chief Officer Art Pulaski has been sharing a road map for how unions might cut through legal uncertainty in order to unionize gig workers. Newsom also says he’d like to craft something new, which would burnish his reputation as a friend to both tech and labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Harry Campbell\"]‘It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that if drivers were guaranteed a minimum wage, you wouldn’t be able to just flip the app on anytime from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. because there would be way too many drivers and not enough rides.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But with days left in the current legislative session, political rhetoric continues to build. Here is what we know (and don’t know) so far about where things stand:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What happens to Uber and Lyft drivers if they are categorized as employees?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Depends on whom you ask. The companies say it would fundamentally change the ride-service industry’s hiring practices, forcing them to move to “on demand employment,” which has never been done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would likely mean the companies would take on fewer drivers and assign shifts much as a restaurant or retailer might schedule workers. The companies say that drivers would lose a primary attraction of the gig – flexibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We would likely have to exert more control over drivers, telling them where to work, how to work and who they can work for,” Uber \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/uber-under-the-hood/moving-work-forward-in-california-7de60b6827b4\">wrote recently\u003c/a>. “Uber would likely hire far fewer drivers than we currently support, and we’d likely have to require a minimum number of hours per week. Scheduling and rigid shifts would become the norm, and Uber would likely prevent drivers from working for other ride-share companies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company says it would block drivers from signing on when the number of drivers outstrips demand, for example in a quiet neighborhood during off-peak hours. Uber and Lyft warn that riders could see higher costs and longer wait times. Riders in transit deserts, they warn, could lose service entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steve Smith, a spokesman for the \u003ca href=\"https://calaborfed.org/\">California Labor Federation\u003c/a>, called these scenarios a “corporate scare tactic” and said nothing prevents companies from maintaining flexibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11772796\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1382px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RIDESHARE-DRIVERS-photo-2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11772796\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RIDESHARE-DRIVERS-photo-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1382\" height=\"922\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RIDESHARE-DRIVERS-photo-2.jpg 1382w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RIDESHARE-DRIVERS-photo-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RIDESHARE-DRIVERS-photo-2-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RIDESHARE-DRIVERS-photo-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RIDESHARE-DRIVERS-photo-2-1200x801.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1382px) 100vw, 1382px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man holds up a sign that says, ‘I don’t need a job, I just need customers,’ during a rally on on July 9, 2019, in opposition to AB 5. The bill that would change the way independent contractors are classified by their employers. \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In shifting to employee status, companies would have to offer basic worker protections such as guaranteed minimum wage, overtime pay, contributions to Social Security and Medicare, unemployment and disability insurance as well as workers’ compensation, sick leave and family leave. Workers could also get reimbursed for mileage and maintenance of their vehicles, which doesn’t currently happen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most likely there would be tradeoffs, wrote Harry Campbell, a Long Beach-based driver who authors \u003ca href=\"https://therideshareguy.com/ab5-end-of-rideshare/\">The Rideshare Guy\u003c/a> blog and podcast. Drivers, he predicts, will lose some flexibility and be prevented from driving more than 40 hours a week to avoid overtime, or even 30 hours a week to avoid healthcare benefits. There would be less incentive for Uber and Lyft to offer surge or dynamic pricing, which is now used as a financial incentive to encourage drivers to go where demand is high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the flip side, drivers would get at least the minimum wage plus mileage reimbursement. Another perk would be getting paid whether or not there’s a passenger in the vehicle, which doesn’t happen now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that if drivers were guaranteed a minimum wage, you wouldn’t be able to just flip the app on anytime from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,” wrote Campbell, “because there would be way too many drivers and not enough rides.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Remind me, what is the Dynamex decision?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gig companies have been in a legal gray zone since the California Supreme Court issued the so-called \u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/archive/S222732.PDF\">Dynamex decision\u003c/a> last year making it harder to classify workers as independent contractors. The ruling established a three-part test, or ABC test, for certifying contractors, with the highest hurdle that the work performed must be outside the company’s core business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AB 5 by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, a former labor organizer and a Democrat from San Diego, would codify the court’s decision into state law. From labor’s perspective, this forces gig companies to start paying their fair share of payroll taxes and contribute to disability and unemployment insurance funds for workers. If they don’t, AB 5 would allow state agencies, such as the Labor Commissioner, Franchise Tax Board and Employment Development Department, to enforce misclassification.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related stories\" tag=\"dynamex\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers would also still be able to file their own lawsuits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How soon might the shift happen?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although AB 5 would take effect Jan. 1, 2020, don’t expect any immediate changes. Since the inception of Uber and Lyft, ride-hailing companies have spent millions in litigation and on settlements to try to keep drivers from being classified as employees. This fight is no different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If AB 5 passes, it’ll simply be a qualification of existing law,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/2/20841070/uber-lyft-ab5-california-bill-drivers-labor\">said\u003c/a> Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi when asked during an earnings call about California’s effort to reclassify drivers. “It doesn’t immediately transform drivers into employees.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, expect the legal challenges and political haranguing to continue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Is there a third way?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is something to watch for. In the final week of session, Uber and Lyft are lobbying hard to get some kind of carve-out, and they are pitching a new construct as a win-win-win for the drivers, the gig employers and the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Letting gig workers remain independent contractors would end the costly legal battles Uber and Lyft have been waging for years over classification and let them work around AB 5. Allowing drivers the right to collective bargaining would, overnight, let unions add more than 200,000 members. And by crafting a third way, California would get to be a trailblazer in fighting for workers in the new economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How would gig workers unionize if they remain freelancers?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Good question. Right now there’s a discrepancy between the state’s Dynamex decision, which presumably would shift drivers from freelancers to employees, and the federal government’s treatment of gig workers as contractors, which makes them ineligible for the right to form a union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a confusing twist, Newsom says California could take advantage of this inconsistency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Only when the National Labor Relations Act does not cover workers may states act to provide the right to organize a union, allowing workers to bargain for better pay, benefits and working conditions,” he wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Details are scarce but this follows the same logic Pulaski outlined, which calls for gig economy workers to be placed in a new category where they can remain freelancers but access collective bargaining powers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Would everyone go for this?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unclear. Labor unions have been split over whether gig companies should even get a carve-out. On one side, the Service Employees International Union and Teamsters have been willing \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-dynamex-contractors-ab5-20190623-story.html\">to negotiate\u003c/a> an alternative in addition to AB 5, an acknowledgement that unions have to evolve with the changing economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the \u003ca href=\"https://cabuildingtrades.org/\">State Building and Construction Trades Council of California\u003c/a> is refusing any concessions. Its leader, Robbie Hunter, was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletter/fair-pay-pge-lobby-fight-dim-disclosure-death-on-the-streets-and-delta-tunnel/\">removed\u003c/a> from Newsom’s Future of Work Commission over the disagreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s easy to see why: The building trades is an umbrella organization that represents electricians, roofers, painters and a host of other skilled construction workers who currently enjoy prevailing wage, training and job protections. If those companies were allowed a carve-out, it could threaten to turn those careers into gigs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What about everyone else impacted by AB 5?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With so much talk about Uber and Lyft, it’s worth remembering that AB 5 impacts more than gig workers. The bill would \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2019/06/california-dynamex-gig-worker-classification-independent-contractors-uber-lyft-strippers-truckers-freelancers/\">sweep up\u003c/a> some workers across industries, from truck drivers and nail technicians to musicians and strippers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzalez has agreed to leave many workers out. Notably, she has granted exemptions to doctors, insurance agents, real estate agents, hair stylists, dentists, architects, engineers, accountants and barbers who hold booth rental permits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also has been making case-by-case concessions for travel agents, graphic designers, grant writers and marketing professionals. Newspaper publishers also have sought an industry exemption since many use freelance writers, photographers, editors and newspaper carriers. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Over Labor Day, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared his \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article234624897.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">support\u003c/a> for a bill that would reclassify an estimated \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2019/06/california-dynamex-gig-worker-classification-independent-contractors-uber-lyft-strippers-truckers-freelancers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2 million\u003c/a> California workers as employees instead of independent contractors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Powerful unions view \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AB 5\u003c/a> as the year’s signature labor achievement, and the bill is expected to pass the state Senate next week – its last stop before heading to the governor’s desk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/blogs/california-election-2020/2019/08/elizabeth-warren-dynamex-califronia-gig-economy-presidential-primary/\">Democratic presidential candidates\u003c/a> have seized on labor standards of gig workers as a campaign issue, many questions remain about the bill’s implications, particularly for Uber and Lyft drivers in California, who number in the hundreds of thousands. Will they become employees when AB 5 becomes law? Will their pay go up? Will they lose flexibility?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of this remains in flux. Uber and Lyft say today’s on-demand economy calls for a new, first-in-the-nation framework, and they want California to forge it. Last week, major gig employers seeded \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2019/08/with-no-carveout-in-hand-uber-lyft-doordash-pledge-90-million-to-california-ballot-fight/\">$90 million\u003c/a> for a new ballot measure unless lawmakers find a way to protect their business model. At the same time, the companies acknowledged their drivers deserve better pay, more benefits and \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/uber-under-the-hood/moving-work-forward-in-california-7de60b6827b4\">greater representation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats and labor leaders are working their way through this issue, which means even if AB 5 passes, negotiations will continue. On Wednesday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.politicopro.com/\">Politico\u003c/a> reported California Labor Federation Chief Officer Art Pulaski has been sharing a road map for how unions might cut through legal uncertainty in order to unionize gig workers. Newsom also says he’d like to craft something new, which would burnish his reputation as a friend to both tech and labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But with days left in the current legislative session, political rhetoric continues to build. Here is what we know (and don’t know) so far about where things stand:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What happens to Uber and Lyft drivers if they are categorized as employees?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Depends on whom you ask. The companies say it would fundamentally change the ride-service industry’s hiring practices, forcing them to move to “on demand employment,” which has never been done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would likely mean the companies would take on fewer drivers and assign shifts much as a restaurant or retailer might schedule workers. The companies say that drivers would lose a primary attraction of the gig – flexibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We would likely have to exert more control over drivers, telling them where to work, how to work and who they can work for,” Uber \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/uber-under-the-hood/moving-work-forward-in-california-7de60b6827b4\">wrote recently\u003c/a>. “Uber would likely hire far fewer drivers than we currently support, and we’d likely have to require a minimum number of hours per week. Scheduling and rigid shifts would become the norm, and Uber would likely prevent drivers from working for other ride-share companies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company says it would block drivers from signing on when the number of drivers outstrips demand, for example in a quiet neighborhood during off-peak hours. Uber and Lyft warn that riders could see higher costs and longer wait times. Riders in transit deserts, they warn, could lose service entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steve Smith, a spokesman for the \u003ca href=\"https://calaborfed.org/\">California Labor Federation\u003c/a>, called these scenarios a “corporate scare tactic” and said nothing prevents companies from maintaining flexibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11772796\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1382px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RIDESHARE-DRIVERS-photo-2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11772796\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RIDESHARE-DRIVERS-photo-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1382\" height=\"922\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RIDESHARE-DRIVERS-photo-2.jpg 1382w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RIDESHARE-DRIVERS-photo-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RIDESHARE-DRIVERS-photo-2-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RIDESHARE-DRIVERS-photo-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RIDESHARE-DRIVERS-photo-2-1200x801.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1382px) 100vw, 1382px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man holds up a sign that says, ‘I don’t need a job, I just need customers,’ during a rally on on July 9, 2019, in opposition to AB 5. The bill that would change the way independent contractors are classified by their employers. \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In shifting to employee status, companies would have to offer basic worker protections such as guaranteed minimum wage, overtime pay, contributions to Social Security and Medicare, unemployment and disability insurance as well as workers’ compensation, sick leave and family leave. Workers could also get reimbursed for mileage and maintenance of their vehicles, which doesn’t currently happen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most likely there would be tradeoffs, wrote Harry Campbell, a Long Beach-based driver who authors \u003ca href=\"https://therideshareguy.com/ab5-end-of-rideshare/\">The Rideshare Guy\u003c/a> blog and podcast. Drivers, he predicts, will lose some flexibility and be prevented from driving more than 40 hours a week to avoid overtime, or even 30 hours a week to avoid healthcare benefits. There would be less incentive for Uber and Lyft to offer surge or dynamic pricing, which is now used as a financial incentive to encourage drivers to go where demand is high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the flip side, drivers would get at least the minimum wage plus mileage reimbursement. Another perk would be getting paid whether or not there’s a passenger in the vehicle, which doesn’t happen now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that if drivers were guaranteed a minimum wage, you wouldn’t be able to just flip the app on anytime from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,” wrote Campbell, “because there would be way too many drivers and not enough rides.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Remind me, what is the Dynamex decision?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gig companies have been in a legal gray zone since the California Supreme Court issued the so-called \u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/archive/S222732.PDF\">Dynamex decision\u003c/a> last year making it harder to classify workers as independent contractors. The ruling established a three-part test, or ABC test, for certifying contractors, with the highest hurdle that the work performed must be outside the company’s core business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AB 5 by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, a former labor organizer and a Democrat from San Diego, would codify the court’s decision into state law. From labor’s perspective, this forces gig companies to start paying their fair share of payroll taxes and contribute to disability and unemployment insurance funds for workers. If they don’t, AB 5 would allow state agencies, such as the Labor Commissioner, Franchise Tax Board and Employment Development Department, to enforce misclassification.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers would also still be able to file their own lawsuits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How soon might the shift happen?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although AB 5 would take effect Jan. 1, 2020, don’t expect any immediate changes. Since the inception of Uber and Lyft, ride-hailing companies have spent millions in litigation and on settlements to try to keep drivers from being classified as employees. This fight is no different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If AB 5 passes, it’ll simply be a qualification of existing law,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/2/20841070/uber-lyft-ab5-california-bill-drivers-labor\">said\u003c/a> Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi when asked during an earnings call about California’s effort to reclassify drivers. “It doesn’t immediately transform drivers into employees.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, expect the legal challenges and political haranguing to continue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Is there a third way?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is something to watch for. In the final week of session, Uber and Lyft are lobbying hard to get some kind of carve-out, and they are pitching a new construct as a win-win-win for the drivers, the gig employers and the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Letting gig workers remain independent contractors would end the costly legal battles Uber and Lyft have been waging for years over classification and let them work around AB 5. Allowing drivers the right to collective bargaining would, overnight, let unions add more than 200,000 members. And by crafting a third way, California would get to be a trailblazer in fighting for workers in the new economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How would gig workers unionize if they remain freelancers?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Good question. Right now there’s a discrepancy between the state’s Dynamex decision, which presumably would shift drivers from freelancers to employees, and the federal government’s treatment of gig workers as contractors, which makes them ineligible for the right to form a union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a confusing twist, Newsom says California could take advantage of this inconsistency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Only when the National Labor Relations Act does not cover workers may states act to provide the right to organize a union, allowing workers to bargain for better pay, benefits and working conditions,” he wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Details are scarce but this follows the same logic Pulaski outlined, which calls for gig economy workers to be placed in a new category where they can remain freelancers but access collective bargaining powers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]D[/dropcap]o you freelance in California? Have a side hustle? Drive trucks? Work on political campaigns? Then you may want to pay attention to a major employment fight coming to a head in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Legislature is currently considering \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assembly Bill 5\u003c/a>, which would make it harder to classify workers as independent contractors, officially codifying a sweeping 2018 California Supreme Court decision. The so-called \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/companies-beg-for-relief-from-pro-labor-gig-worker-ruling/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dynamex bill\u003c/a>, supported by organized labor and named for the court case, has made headlines for threatening on-demand business models made popular by the likes of Uber, DoorDash and Postmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Veena Dubal, UC Hastings law professor\"]‘It’s pretty clear that most workers in the gig economy need labor and employment law protections under California law.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this week, Lyft and Uber drivers caravaned across the state to show their support for the bill, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11770427/uber-lyft-drivers-rally-in-s-f-in-support-of-controversial-gig-employee-bill\">rallying\u003c/a> in front of Uber headquarters in San Francisco and calling for the right to unionize.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This Friday, the Senate Appropriations Committee is expected to decide whether the bill will advance further through the Legislature and face a vote on the Senate floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AB 5 could affect some 2 million workers in industries far from the so-called gig economy or the tech sector, from general contractors to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11737567/strippers-clash-over-employment-status-in-dueling-l-a-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strippers\u003c/a>. The proposed legislation would rewrite the rules not just for workers, but also for employers, like media outlets (including KQED), winemakers, private investigators or music schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Does AB 5 have very wide repercussions? Yes, that’s what makes the negotiations very complicated,” said labor rights attorney Bill Sokol, who teaches employment law at San Francisco State University and is not a part of the negotiations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related stories\" tag=\"gig-economy\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AB 5 has put Gov. Gavin Newsom, who wants to be viewed as an ally to both labor and tech, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Gavin-Newsom-dodges-taking-a-stand-on-14047109.php?psid=4CZ4T\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in an awkward position.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opposing the bill are mainstream businesses that have banded together with some in the gig economy to wage an \u003ca href=\"https://imindependent.co/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“I’m Independent”\u003c/a> campaign against it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lobbying heavily in favor of the bill is organized labor, which wants to see gig economy workers get workplace protections, including the right to collective bargaining.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has long led the nation on employment practices, and the Dynamex bill may be just the beginning as policymakers wrestle with updating labor codes for a changing workplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything is up for grabs,” Sokol said. “There’s no way to predict who’s going to end up with what. But labor recognizes that the American workplace they have traditionally organized — those worker relationships — have changed, and the laws have not kept up with them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What was the Dynamex decision all about?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The state Supreme Court decision in \u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/archive/S222732.PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles\u003c/a> dealt with a same-day courier service that, to save money, had converted all its employees into independent contractors. A former employee claimed the shift was a state Labor Code violation, and the litigation that ensued ended up reinterpreting how workers are classified. The ruling established a three-part test for certifying independent contractors.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch4>The Dynamex ABC Test\u003cbr>\n\u003cbr>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>A) The worker is free from the control and direction of the hiring entity in connection with the performance of the work, both under the contract for the performance of the work and in fact; \u003cem>and\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>B) The worker performs work that is outside the usual course of the hiring entity’s business; \u003cem>and\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>C) The worker is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, or business of the same nature as the work performed for the hirer.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Even though the Dynamex decision is already law, labor representatives say many companies have been flouting it. AB 5 would ensure that workers would not have to file suit on a case-by-case basis to seek enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a whole bunch of things that they’re currently being cheated out of, frankly,” said Steve Smith with the Labor Federation. “With respect to Uber and Lyft, it’s the exploitation they subject their workers to on a daily basis. Many of these workers are not receiving minimum wage. They are misclassified as contractors when they actually should be considered employees, meaning there’s a whole host of benefits they’re not getting that they should get like everyone else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In steering more workers to employee status, the bill would force companies to offer basic worker protections that contractors don’t currently receive, such as guaranteed minimum wage, overtime pay, contributions to Social Security and Medicare, and unemployment and disability insurance. Those workers would also be eligible for workers’ compensation, sick and family leave and would be protected from discrimination at work, none of which are currently afforded to contractors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a really important bill. States all over the country are watching to see what happens,” said Veena Dubal, a UC Hastings employment law professor, who spent several years representing San Francisco taxi drivers. “It’s pretty clear that most workers in the gig economy need labor and employment law protections under California law. … It’s vital that we have legal analysis that is clear both to businesses and workers so there’s less ambiguity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Jennifer Barrera, California Chamber of Commerce\"]‘We have a huge group of individuals who really value their flexibility and control over their own schedule and I don’t think it has to be one or the other.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state estimates it loses about \u003ca href=\"https://doc-0o-2c-apps-viewer.googleusercontent.com/viewer/secure/pdf/5kl0815j43d7pmccu5rm1nkdu5n97vtk/k78ohtjvmpriqu94toehk5vasugk1or8/1561398375000/gmail/12954669112312320069/ACFrOgCqTnPx2m9ygcyL_K7HjnqRWqbcoV4Y7z8aWyyKuEzX_tSdhj74hCCpDeNj8FN7h9FivoRreI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$7 billion\u003c/a> a year in payroll tax revenue due to worker misclassification — money that could be supporting schools, roads and other public services. And by avoiding unemployment insurance taxes and workers’ compensation premiums, businesses shift the burden to the state when workers get laid off, sick or injured on the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These billion dollar companies can complain, but we have to ask ourselves as taxpayers: Should we subsidize their business by subsidizing their workers?” said Democratic Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, a former labor organizer from San Diego who introduced the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzalez dismisses the idea, often touted by opponents, that Uber and Lyft will flee California if forced to reclassify their workers as employees. More likely, she predicts, Uber and Lyft will make the changes required by law because there’s a massive market for transporting individuals and goods in California, the fifth-largest economy in the world. And if they can’t swing it, then someone else will, she has said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Where do labor and business groups stand?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769747\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11769747\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/DYNAMEX-GRAPHIC-1-800x1485.jpg\" alt=\"It's not just Uber and Lyft drivers whose jobs would be reclassified.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1485\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/DYNAMEX-GRAPHIC-1-800x1485.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/DYNAMEX-GRAPHIC-1-160x297.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/DYNAMEX-GRAPHIC-1-1020x1893.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/DYNAMEX-GRAPHIC-1-646x1200.jpg 646w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/DYNAMEX-GRAPHIC-1-1920x3564.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/DYNAMEX-GRAPHIC-1.jpg 1103w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">It’s not just Uber and Lyft drivers whose jobs would be reclassified. \u003ccite>(CALmatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Labor groups, led by the 2 million-member California Labor Federation, have united behind legislation. Their contention is that the gig economy has opened the door to mass exploitation of low-wage workers, a trend that is worsening income inequality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But business advocates warn that the change would dramatically increase labor costs in California and have dire consequences for the state’s economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a completely different economy,” said Jennifer Barrera, executive vice president of the California Chamber of Commerce. “We have a huge group of individuals who really value their flexibility and control over their own schedule and I don’t think it has to be one or the other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for Uber and Lyft, the rideshare companies have sought compromise and held backchannel negotiations with the Teamsters and Service Employees International Union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their hope is to carve out a way to allow employers to grant some benefits without having to categorize workers as full employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an \u003ca href=\"//www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Open-Forum-Uber-Lyft-ready-to-do-our-part-for-13969843.php\">open letter\u003c/a>, Uber Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi and Lyft co-founders Logan Green and John Zimmer proposed maintaining their drivers’ freelance status but granting access to some employee benefits such as paid time off and retirement accounts. The executives, whose combined worth is over $1 billion, have also offered to form a new driver association to advocate for drivers’ interests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are public companies that tens of millions of people rely on for mobility and work,” they wrote. “If there ever was a time for new policies, it’s now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11770516\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11770516\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38761__M6A2496-qut-1-800x502.jpg\" alt='Taking care of his mother and family, Uber and Lyft driver Malik Ali calls on Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi to help drivers keep a living wage. \"You see one driver but you don’t see the family behind. At least give us our share. I have to work every day, because of the strict rules for the driver, which is ripping us off. I can’t afford to miss days to pay my rent. They don’t see the family behind us.”' width=\"800\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38761__M6A2496-qut-1-800x502.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38761__M6A2496-qut-1-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38761__M6A2496-qut-1-1020x640.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38761__M6A2496-qut-1-1200x753.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38761__M6A2496-qut-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taking care of his mother and family, Uber and Lyft driver Malik Ali calls on Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi to help drivers keep a living wage. “You see one driver but you don’t see the family behind. At least give us our share. I have to work every day, because of the strict rules for the driver, which is ripping us off. I can’t afford to miss days to pay my rent. They don’t see the family behind us.” \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On the other side are drivers like 62-year-old Ann Glatt, who joined the \u003ca href=\"https://www.gigworkersrising.org/\">Gig Workers Rising\u003c/a> movement after noticing her share of fares declining over time with Lyft. She said she was lucky to make $700 a week and would like to see changes to how drivers like herself are categorized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Teachers are in unions. We’re not able to unionize because we’re independent contractors,” Glatt said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added that how companies describe their drivers can be misleading.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Uber and Lyft are not transportation companies — they are platforms,” she said. “So that makes us customers and the passengers are the end user. But really it kinda just means Uber and Lyft are not responsible for basic labor standards for people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a follow-up interview, Glatt said she stopped driving for Lyft because she wasn’t able to make ends meet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What about more traditional industries?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The impact of the Dynamex court ruling has been felt far more broadly than many Californians had expected, and AB 5 ‘s impact could be similarly widespread.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzalez said she’s heard from newspaper publishers who want to keep using freelance journalists and beauty salons that rely on nail technicians. Her bill has even rattled folks in the world of politics, because it would reclassify campaign workers as employees instead of contractors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weighing in against the new rules are also representatives of the construction and trucking industries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peter Tateishi, CEO of the Associated General Contractors of California, which represents construction firms, said the bill would disadvantage small businesses, including many women-owned and minority-owned shops, because the builders that have long hired them as subcontractors won’t be able to do so anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trucking industry has \u003ca href=\"https://www.truckinginfo.com/328560/lawsuit-challenging-california-independent-contractor-rule-dismissed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">challenged\u003c/a> the Dynamex decision in federal court, arguing that federal laws governing motor carriers preempt the state test.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769749\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11769749\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/DYNAMEX-GRAPHIC-3-800x1665.jpg\" alt=\"Business interests are pressing for more exemptions to AB 5.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1665\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/DYNAMEX-GRAPHIC-3-800x1665.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/DYNAMEX-GRAPHIC-3-160x333.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/DYNAMEX-GRAPHIC-3-1020x2123.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/DYNAMEX-GRAPHIC-3-576x1200.jpg 576w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/DYNAMEX-GRAPHIC-3-1920x3997.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/DYNAMEX-GRAPHIC-3.jpg 984w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Business interests are pressing for more exemptions to AB 5. \u003ccite>(CALmatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chris Shimoda, vice president of government affairs for the California Trucking Association, says trucking has long been a career option for those without advanced degrees. About 80% of drivers in the industry have a high school education or less, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But under Dynamex’s rules, truck drivers who own their own $150,000 Class 8 heavy duty trucks may start finding it difficult to get work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We all agree there should be a pathway, especially for the blue-collar working class to rise up the economic ladder,” Shimoda said. “If there are specific things that have been abused, then what are those and how do we reconcile that through this bill?”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Will some industries be exempt?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers and lobbyists are continuing to negotiate the details of the Dynamex bill. So far, Gonzalez has agreed to exempt doctors, insurance and real estate agents, hair stylists and barbers who hold a booth rental permit, dentists, architects, engineers and accountants out of the law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But business interests are pressing for more exemptions. Barrera of CalChamber said the organization would also like to carve out licensed occupations like court reporters and family therapists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Gonzalez said she intends to sort through more requests, the exemptions will need to stop at some point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have a driver’s license,” she said. “That doesn’t make me a business owner.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Matthew Green contributed reporting to this article.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>CALmatters.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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