Labor/Employment
Nov. 10, 2020
Lyft, Uber ask appeal court to rethink driver rules after Proposition 22
California voters passed Proposition 22 last week. When it goes into effect, the measure will create an exception for app-based drivers in Assembly Bill 5, so their independent contractor status will no longer be contingent on their ability to pass an "ABC" test.
In light of Proposition 22's passage, which will change how state labor laws apply to app-based drivers, counsel for Uber and Lyft have asked a state Court of Appeal to reconsider its ruling that requires the companies to reclassify their drivers as employees.
"While the vote is not yet certified, the deadline for certification is December 11, 2020," Rohit K. Singla, Lyft's attorney and partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, w...
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