On July 25, 2024, the Supreme Court of California upheld a state law permitting ride-sharing apps to continue classifying their drivers as independent contractors, rather than employees. The ruling is likely to have a significant impact on the gig economy in the state, preserving the ability of applicable rideshare and delivery network companies to classify their drivers as independent contractors.
The ruling means that because app-based workers are independent contractors they are exempt from overtime and workers’ compensation laws.
Several drivers and the Service Employees International Union sued the state, claiming that a state law called Proposition 22 violated the California Constitution because it interfered with the state’s power to regulate a workers’ compensation system through legislation. Proposition 22, a ballot initiative that passed in California with 59 percent of the vote, granted app-based rideshare and delivery companies an exception to existing California law to classify their drivers as independent contractors, as well as provided the drivers with additional employee benefits,...
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