Labor/Employment
Aug. 12, 2020
Uber, Lyft drivers: employees... at least until November
On Monday, in an action initiated by the state of California and joined by the cities of Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ethan Schulman issued an injunction requiring app-based ride share companies Uber and Lyft to reclassify its entire California workforce as employees within the next 10 days.
Eric B. Kingsley
Partner
Kingsley & Kingsley APC
Labor & Employment
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Email: eric@kingsleylawyers.com
Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA
Eric is the former board chair of the Anti-Defamation League's Los Angeles Region.
On Monday, in an action initiated by the state of California and joined by the cities of Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ethan Schulman issued an injunction requiring app-based ride share companies Uber and Lyft to reclassify its entire California workforce as employees within the next 10 days. People v. Uber Technologies Inc. et al.
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