Labor/Employment
Oct. 6, 2020
DOL guidance: arrow in Uber’s quiver or thorn in its side?
New guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor might seem like an outright gift to Uber and Lyft.
Ronald L. Zambrano
Employment Litigation Chair
West Coast Employment Lawyers
Phone: 213-927-3700
Email: ron@westcoasttriallawyers.com
Ron chairs the firm's Employment Litigation Department.
New guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor might seem like an outright gift to Uber and Lyft. As drafted, the guidance defines employment in a way that appears to solidly place their drivers into the independent contractor category, in direct contravention of Dynamex and Assembly Bill 5. It's what the companies have been advocating for since well before AB 5 was enacted.
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