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Before just randomly spouting out whether you personally feel like Uber and Lyft are employers, it might be helpful to look at the ELI5 criteria California lists at https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/FAQ_IndependentContractor.htm

> Under the ABC test, a worker is considered an employee and not an independent contractor, unless the hiring entity satisfies all three of the following conditions:

> 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;

> The worker performs work that is outside the usual course of the hiring entity’s business; and

> The worker is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, or business of the same nature as that involved in the work performed.

It's not enough to just say "they feel like they don't work for Uber" you have to put forward a more coherent case than that.



That's the bill that cost hundreds of freelance journalists their jobs in California, right? I wonder what the full consequences of it are going to be.


This is oddly specifically drafted to capture gig economy workers like this.

My employer employs people (on a permanent ongoing basis) who meet some of these conditions to be classed as an independent contractor...


As stated, all three conditions must be met for a worker to be considered a contractor.




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