Labor/Employment
Dec. 4, 2019
Uber's and Lyft's AB 5 Hail Mary: Optics aren't everything
A rosy write-up doesn’t change the fact that drivers, under the alternative law, wouldn’t be paid for waiting time — as they would be under AB 5.
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.
Following the passage of Assembly Bill 5, ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft have invested heavily in a ballot measure designed to replace the new worker classification law with something much more to their liking. In what could only be described as the legal equivalent of a Hail Mary, they're throwing their full corporate weight behind a pass to the voters to reverse ...
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