Labor/Employment
Nov. 10, 2020
Proposition 22 money may have simply bought (expensive) time
You can buy a lot with $200 million. The most expensive ballot proposition in California’s history delivered almost exactly what its sponsors were looking for. Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart seem to have engineered an end-run around Dynamex and Assembly Bill 5, convincing voters that drivers are better off as independent contractors, rather than employees.
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.
You can buy a lot with $200 million. The most expensive ballot proposition in California's history delivered almost exactly what its sponsors were looking for. Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart seem to have engineered an end-run around Dynamex and Assembly Bill 5, convincing voters that drivers are better off as independent contractors, rather than employees. But what they may have bought for themselves is simply (very expensive) time.
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