California's Unions Lost Their Long Battle Against Uber and Lyft
The state Supreme Court unanimously ruled that ridesharing drivers can be exempted from California's crackdown on independent contracting.
The state Supreme Court unanimously ruled that ridesharing drivers can be exempted from California's crackdown on independent contracting.
Price controls lead to the misallocation of resources, shortages, diminished product quality, and black markets.
Chasing Seattle's shadow, Minneapolis' new ride-share wage law threatens to derail the gig economy.
A similar law in California had disastrous consequences.
Just two weeks after the law went into effect, Seattleites had to contend with $26 coffees and $32 sandwiches.
Self-employment in California fell by 10.5 percent and overall employment tumbled by 4.4 percent after A.B. 5's implementation.
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Deregulation can help the millions of people who prefer flexible, independent jobs.
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It would signal that the transportation future involves decentralization and rapid change rather than Washington-style command-and-control.
In criticizing the move, the New York Post got basic economics wrong.
The government argues that the company is violating the ADA by charging wait fees to disabled customers who take longer to board vehicles.
It's the sign of particularly bad legislation when lawmakers must create dozens of carve-outs and workarounds so that the supposed beneficiaries are exempted from its provisions.
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From SpaceX and Tesla to Uber and Lyft, many of the most successful companies thrived without the government's stamp of approval.
What does this have to do with the pandemic? Nothing.
California Democrats and their labor union allies are embracing anti-democratic principles to thwart the will of the people.
The lawmakers who passed A.B. 5 ignored the many benefits of contractor status.
Beneficial outcomes on at least three of four important California ballot measures: racial preferences, rent control, and protecting ride-share businesses and workers.
These votes could have a big impact on the nation as a whole, as well as California.
The ballot initiative would allow companies such as Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash to classify workers as independent contractors rather than as permanent employees.
State lawmakers want Uber and Lyft to classify their drivers as employees. A majority of drivers disagree.
In a reaction to California's Assembly Bill 5, the Department of Labor's new proposed rule will make it harder for gig workers to be defined as employees
Rideshare drivers and delivery people are still going to have to beg voters to let them work.
In November, California voters will decide on Proposition 22, a measure would carve out a contracting exemption for independent drivers.
Lawmakers and courts are trying to force them to put drivers on their payrolls. They're threatening to take a freeway out of the state entirely.
Cities are imposing "emergency" regulations capping the fees that delivery services like Uber Eats may charge. That's a mistake.
A.B. 5 has caused chaos in the Golden State.
Assembly Bill 5 forces many companies to reclassify contractors as employees.
It's crucial to get the constitutional text and history straight.
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California lawmakers have approved Assembly Bill 5, which poses an existential threat to the gig economy in the state.
The bill would upend the gig economy.
The state is set to pass a sweeping bill that would reclassify drivers as employees.
"A gig is a job and a worker is a worker," Mayor Pete said.
Buttigieg says the best way to move into 21st century is to revive 20th-century unions.
A memo says the drivers are contractors, not employees.
New court documents suggest that the city's rideshare regulations have backfired in a big way
The drivers argued they should be classified as employees, not contractors.
"I just got trapped and wanted to stop someone else from getting trapped," the driver tells a uniformed officer who warns him he could be arrested for interfering with an investigation.
A moratorium on ride-sharing apps will inevitably make it harder for low-income residents to get around.
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