After years of battles within the state over ride-share driver classification issues, California is redrawing the map of gig-economy labor relations – a measure that would, for the first time in the state, give unions a path to organize rideshare drivers. California Governor Gavin Newsom is framing the bill as the result of a compromise that includes long-sought insurance reforms aimed at lowering fares and
Castellanos v. State of Cal., 16 Cal. 5th 588 (2024)
In the latest attempt by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) to prevent Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and similar app-based drivers from being classified as independent contractors (and thereby escape the union’s reach), the California Supreme Court determined that Proposition 22 (passed overwhelmingly by the voters of the State of California in 2020 and
Olson v. State of Cal., 104 F.4th 66 (9th Cir. 2024) (en banc)
California’s Assembly Bill 5 (“AB 5”), which was enacted in 2018, subjects different but similar types of workers to different kinds of classification tests. In December 2019, rideshare driver Lydia Olson, alongside Uber and Postmates, filed a complaint against the State of California attempting to enjoin the state from
Al Shikha v. Lyft, Inc., 102 Cal. App. 5th 14 (2024)
While working as a Lyft driver, Abdu Lkader Al Shikra was stabbed by a passenger in a “sudden and unprovoked attack.” Al Shikra sued Lyft for negligence based on its failure to conduct criminal background checks on all passengers. The trial court granted Lyft’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, and the Court