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In addition to Uber, Lyft and DoorDash, Instacart is on board and Postmates likely will be, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But drivers for those companies are split, and each side is putting forth its own examples.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lynn Reagan says she needs the flexibility as an independent contractor to care for her four grandchildren, because their mother is on bed rest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If this was taken away, it would devastate me because there’s no job out here that I can get — especially at my age — that’s gonna allow me to come and go as I need to do,” she said at Tuesday’s news conference in favor of the ballot measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But another Sacramento-area driver, Jeff Perry, says he checked the math — and the ballot measure would cut his pay. He argues the only path to fairness is to make workers like him full employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='dynamex' label='Related Coverage']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Drivers are saying, ‘This is poverty, we’re struggling,’ right? And then they come and they cut the pay, and then they put a nice name on it, really pretty name, fancy, right? Commit the $90 million, but they don’t tell the real story behind it,” he said. “And the real story behind it is, this is a pay cut.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ballot measure responds to the law signed last month codifying the California Supreme Court ruling. The law, Assembly Bill 5 by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2019/09/whos-in-whos-out-of-ab-5/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">exempts some industries\u003c/a>, including doctors and hairstylists. But it left out drivers for gig companies and workers in more established industries such as trucking and janitorial work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That spurred criticism during the legislative debate that the bill ought not to pick winners and losers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But because the ballot proposal would only apply to app-based ride-hailing and delivery drivers, the gig companies are doing the same thing, leaving other industries on their own once again. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The narrow scope of this initiative does not address the 70,000-plus independent owner-operator truckers, nor the hundreds of thousands of other independent contractors, who were not exempted from the ABC test in AB 5,” California Trucking Association CEO Shawn Yadon said in a statement, which referred to the three-pronged legal standard that determines whether a worker is an employee or not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, a major question after the gig companies vowed to take their effort to voters was whether they would form a broader coalition or go it alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The disadvantage for the gig companies of going their own way is they will need to foot the entire campaign bill themselves. 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The remaining respondents held a neutral position.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By contrast, 31% of respondents viewed Amazon and Google unfavorably.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/jBUr9-how-californians-feel-about-five-of-the-big-tech-firms-2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11783750 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/jBUr9-how-californians-feel-about-five-of-the-big-tech-firms-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1762\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/jBUr9-how-californians-feel-about-five-of-the-big-tech-firms-2.jpg 1762w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/jBUr9-how-californians-feel-about-five-of-the-big-tech-firms-2-160x54.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/jBUr9-how-californians-feel-about-five-of-the-big-tech-firms-2-800x272.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/jBUr9-how-californians-feel-about-five-of-the-big-tech-firms-2-1020x347.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/jBUr9-how-californians-feel-about-five-of-the-big-tech-firms-2-1200x409.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1762px) 100vw, 1762px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the 2016 election, the Menlo Park-based social media behemoth has been confronted by a host of issues dragging down its public profile, including the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101864431/what-the-cambridge-analytica-scandal-means-for-facebook-users\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cambridge Analytica\u003c/a> scandal that erupted last year and helped further erode the social media company’s trust among users.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2016, Facebook sold the British political consulting firm access to the personal data of 87 million of its users on behalf of the Trump for President campaign. That information was subsequently used to place targeted, and often questionably truthful, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101873996/under-fire-for-misleading-political-ads-facebook-promises-some-changes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">political ads\u003c/a>.[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"facebook\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The controversial transaction incited public outrage and spurred more than 250 of Facebook’s own employees to sign a\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/28/technology/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-political-ads.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> letter\u003c/a> opposing the company’s hands-off approach to political activity on the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Separately, attorneys general from eight states and the District of Columbia last month launched a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11772737/is-facebook-too-big-state-attorneys-general-want-to-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">formal investigation\u003c/a> into the company over anti-competitive practices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The October survey was conducted before Facebook’s recent moves to improve its image, including \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2019/10/facebook-commits-1-billion-to-address-housing-affordability/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pledging $1 billion\u003c/a> to address California’s housing crisis and unveiling its latest effort to support factual news consumption through the addition of a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/10/facebook-launches-its-test-news-tab-in-the-u-s-but-you-may-not-see-it-yet/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news tab\u003c/a>“.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the poll also took place before Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared before a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/10/23/772075523/mark-zuckerberg-offers-a-choice-the-facebook-way-or-the-china-way\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">congressional committee\u003c/a> to defend his flailing plans to roll out a new digital currency, called Libra, next year. 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So too are licensed cosmetologists and barbers that set their own rates and schedules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Commercial fisherman are also exempt until 2023. Tow truck drivers affiliated with the American Automobile Association got a carve-out as well. And freelance writers and photographers can continue to work as contractors provided they don’t submit more than 35 submissions to an outlet in a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s pushback against the gig economy intensifies pressure on Silicon Valley flagships like Lyft and Uber, companies that were already \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/03/uber-and-lyft-stock-close-at-record-lows-as-investor-skepticism-grows.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trading below their IPO share prices\u003c/a> amid investor concerns about the difficulty they’ve had turning a profit. Uber cut 400 people from its marketing team in July, reported a quarterly loss of $5.2 billion in August and sent layoff notices to another 400-plus workers this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, Uber’s chief legal officer, Tony West, said in a press call that the company plans to fight the tougher employment test once AB 5 takes effect next year. “We still may pass the test,” he said. “We believe we can pass the harder test.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But concerns around basic worker protections also have become pressing in California, where one worker in three earns less than $15 an hour and the poverty rate hovers above 18% when cost of living is taken into account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aside from the philosophical questions around AB 5, the state estimates it loses about $7 billion a year in payroll taxes due to worker misclassification, revenue that could be supporting schools, roads and other public services. Supporters of the bill argue that by avoiding unemployment insurance taxes and workers’ compensation premiums, businesses shift the burden to the state — and its taxpayers — when workers get laid off, get sick or get injured on the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents warned that the bill would invite trial lawyers to file frivolous lawsuits against thousands of California businesses and called the bill a blatant power grab by big labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This bill is the union caucus’ main event of the year,” said Sen. Jeff Stone, R-Temecula, who held up an exemption request form, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletter/legislators-return-the-future-of-work-recycling-crisis-ucs-shrouded-side-door-and-segregated-schools/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obtained by CalMatters\u003c/a>, that labor groups had been presenting to industry advocates seeking a carve-out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Industries as varied as trucking and health care also \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2019/06/california-dynamex-gig-worker-classification-independent-contractors-uber-lyft-strippers-truckers-freelancers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pushed back\u003c/a>, arguing that the legislation would rewrite the rules for independent workers whose status has worked for them for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“AB 5 does not take into account the more than 70,000 California truckers who have built their business around the independent owner-operator model, invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in their trucks and have made the decision to run their own businesses,” Shawn Yadon, CEO of the California Trucking Association, said before the bill passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hospitals, too, are worried the bill will not only cause confusion but may have the unintended consequence of delaying patient services. Gail Blanchard-Saiger, vice president of labor and employment at the California Hospital Association, said although doctors, psychologists and podiatrists are exempt from AB 5 and hospitals employ more than 90% of their workforce, many medical professionals such as physical therapists and certified registered nurse anesthetists are contracted at small and rural hospitals where volume is low.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The impact on the hospital for these health professionals is probably a delay in services and in particular rural communities maybe a reduction in services,” said Blanchard-Saiger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://e.infogram.com/0bd989ed-c681-49aa-bb02-7e2149aa76b5?src=embed\" title=\"AB 5: Who's exempt\" width=\"550\" height=\"1610\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the other health professionals not exempt under AB 5: occupational therapist, speech therapist, optometrist, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, radiation therapist, licensed professional clinical counselor, marriage and family therapist, licensed clinical social workers, respiratory therapists, audiology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the final weeks of the legislative session, gig companies unsuccessfully campaigned heavily for a new, first-in-the-nation framework that would allow their workers to remain independent while offering a wage floor and some kind of bargaining tool. 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It likely means the rideshare industry will take on fewer drivers and assign shifts, giving drivers less flexibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Labor representatives called it a scare tactic and said nothing prevents companies from maintaining flexibility for workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During debate before the Senate vote, Republicans sought to include hostile amendments aimed at expanding exemptions for newspapers, physical therapists, the timber industry and more. Each was tabled by Democrats who control both houses of the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzalez, however, did agree to exempt the newspaper industry from converting carriers for one year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While I personally disagree with this delay, I’m willing to allow the newspaper industry the additional year to comply if it means those delivery drivers and nearly a million other misclassified workers are provided the minimum wage, benefits and workplace rights of Assembly Bill 5,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few industries did get the exemption they sought, such as builders and contractors. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Doctors, real estate agents and hairdressers can keep their independent contractor status. But not truckers, commercial janitors, nail salon workers, physical therapists and — perhaps most significantly — gig economy workers, all of whom will gain the rights and benefits of employees in California under sweeping workplace legislation passed Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom has committed to signing AB 5, which cleared the Assembly 56-15, a challenge both to the longstanding trend toward outsourcing labor and to the business model of companies such as Uber, Lyft and DoorDash, who have threatened a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2019/08/with-no-carveout-in-hand-uber-lyft-doordash-pledge-90-million-to-california-ballot-fight/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$90 million\u003c/a> fight at the ballot box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once signed, the measure will likely upend longstanding employment practices about how workers should be treated, particularly in today’s gig economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://e.infogram.com/6736f21f-4008-4baa-9cfd-b5ca2d6667d2?src=embed\" title=\"AB 5: Who's impacted\" width=\"550\" height=\"1291\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With one clear test across our state labor laws, we will raise the standards for millions of workers and ensure they gain access to critical rights and benefits,” said Sen. Maria Elena Durazo, D-Los Angeles, who presented the bill in the Senate on Tuesday night. “We can make California the global leader in protections for gig workers, janitors, construction workers and so many working people who can’t even pay their rent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Unlicensed nail technicians, language interpreters, \u003ca href=\"https://variety.com/2019/music/news/ab5-could-crush-independent-music-in-california-guest-column-1203322730/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">musicians\u003c/a>, \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> and even \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletter/school-bond-breaking-up-with-pge-trade-war-stephon-clark-and-rabbis/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rabbis\u003c/a> could be impacted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, multiple professions received \"carve-outs.\" Under the final version of the bill, doctors, dentists, lawyers, architects, engineers, accountants, insurance agents, real estate agents, hair stylists and barbers received exemptions, as did travel agents, graphics designers and grant writers. 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Jeff Stone, R-Temecula, who held up an exemption request form, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletter/legislators-return-the-future-of-work-recycling-crisis-ucs-shrouded-side-door-and-segregated-schools/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obtained by CalMatters\u003c/a>, that labor groups had been presenting to industry advocates seeking a carve-out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Industries as varied as trucking and health care also \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2019/06/california-dynamex-gig-worker-classification-independent-contractors-uber-lyft-strippers-truckers-freelancers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pushed back\u003c/a>, arguing that the legislation would rewrite the rules for independent workers whose status has worked for them for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“AB 5 does not take into account the more than 70,000 California truckers who have built their business around the independent owner-operator model, invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in their trucks and have made the decision to run their own businesses,” Shawn Yadon, CEO of the California Trucking Association, said before the bill passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hospitals, too, are worried the bill will not only cause confusion but may have the unintended consequence of delaying patient services. Gail Blanchard-Saiger, vice president of labor and employment at the California Hospital Association, said although doctors, psychologists and podiatrists are exempt from AB 5 and hospitals employ more than 90% of their workforce, many medical professionals such as physical therapists and certified registered nurse anesthetists are contracted at small and rural hospitals where volume is low.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The impact on the hospital for these health professionals is probably a delay in services and in particular rural communities maybe a reduction in services,” said Blanchard-Saiger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://e.infogram.com/0bd989ed-c681-49aa-bb02-7e2149aa76b5?src=embed\" title=\"AB 5: Who's exempt\" width=\"550\" height=\"1610\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the other health professionals not exempt under AB 5: occupational therapist, speech therapist, optometrist, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, radiation therapist, licensed professional clinical counselor, marriage and family therapist, licensed clinical social workers, respiratory therapists, audiology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the final weeks of the legislative session, gig companies unsuccessfully campaigned heavily for a new, first-in-the-nation framework that would allow their workers to remain independent while offering a wage floor and some kind of bargaining tool. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This post has been updated.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A landmark bill, which would offer new wage and benefit protections to workers in California's gig economy and a host of other industries, is headed to the governor's desk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB5\">Assembly Bill 5 \u003c/a>sailed through the state Assembly on Wednesday by a vote of 56-15, just over 12 hours after its late-night approval in the Senate, a major victory for labor advocates and a stinging defeat for the tech companies that staunchly opposed it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who was initially on the fence, endorsed the bill earlier this month and has committed to signing it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AB 5 could impact upward of a million workers in a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2019/09/whos-in-whos-out-of-ab-5/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wide swath of industries\u003c/a> beyond just the gig economy, from general contractors to truck drivers 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>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under a \u003ca href=\"https://scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/dynamex-operations-west-inc-v-superior-court-34584\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018 state Supreme Court decision\u003c/a>, workers who perform core functions of a business must be classified as employees and not contractors. The decision established a simple three-part criteria, known as \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\">the ABC test\u003c/a>, to determine a worker's employment status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AB 5, which would go into effect Jan. 1, codifies that decision. Labor advocates say that even though the Dynamex decision is already law, many companies have been flouting it. The measure 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 California 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 and 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>State Sen. 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Many critics, including some workers whose employment status would change, also say it would take away the desired flexibility that being classified as an independent contractor offers.\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>It's a sentiment echoed by state Sen. Shannon Grove, R-Bakersfield, who said many people prefer the freedom that contract work gives them. She also criticized the measure for penalizing some industries but leaving others out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This Legislature should not be in the business of picking favorites, which is exactly what this legislation does,\" she said on Tuesday night, following the rejection of 12 sets of Republican-sponsored amendments that would have added carve-outs for additional professions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newspaper delivery drivers, many of whom are currently classified as independent contractors, would also be impacted by the legislation, although as part of a last-minute Senate compromise Tuesday evening, implementation for them will be delayed for a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tech companies in particular have been left out of the exemptions, despite heavy lobbying efforts late in the session to gain a carve-out. Uber, Lyft and DoorDash have subsequently begun to fund a potential initiative for the 2020 ballot that would create a third classification for their workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a news conference on Wednesday, Tony West, Uber's chief legal officer, said the company doesn't consider drivers, who are independent contractors, to be a core part of its business model, and would continue pushing for a better compromise. The company serves \"as a technology platform for several different types of digital marketplaces,\" he said, adding that it is \"no stranger to legal battles.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Today, drivers have control over when, where and how they work. They can choose to work for any of our competitors at the same time, and many do,\" West said. \"This would all change dramatically if they were employees. We will continue to defend the innovation that makes that kind of choice, flexibility, and independence a reality for over 200,000 drivers in California.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state estimates it loses at least \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. 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More likely, she predicts, these companies 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.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if they can’t swing it, she added, then someone else will.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Additional reporting contributed by CalMatters' Judy Lin and KQED's Matthew Green. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\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. The latest version of AB 5 includes an exemption for freelancers as long as they contribute no more than 35 submissions a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters.org\u003c/a> 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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"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. 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