California passed a gig bill couple years ago requiring Uber , Lyft , door dash & other gig companies to provide health insurance

What Is California Assembly Bill 5 (AB5)?​

California Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) is a piece of legislation that went into effect on Jan. 1, 2020. Known popularly known as the gig worker bill, it required companies that hire independent contractors to reclassify them as employees.1 Various job categories have since been exempted, including app-based drivers.23

AB5 helped to inspire the U.S. Department of Labor's Final Rule, a piece of legislation effective March 2024 and applicable nationwide that is designed to stop employees being misclassified as independent contractors and missing out on benefits.4

Key Takeaways​

• California Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) extends employee classification status to some gig workers.
• Under AB5, companies must use a three-pronged test to prove workers are independent contractors, not employees.1
• AB5 was designed to regulate companies that hire gig workers in large numbers, such as Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash.
• On Sept. 4, 2020, the California legislature passed Assembly Bill 2257, which exempts a long list of job categories from AB5 strictures.5
• On Nov. 3, 2020, California voters approved Proposition 22, an initiative backed by Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash that legally designates drivers for app-based ride-hailing and delivery services as independent contractors—overriding AB5.23

Uber & Lyft spent millions & got their idiot workers to get rid of AB5 with prop 22


Proposition 22, designed to push back against AB5 in California for app-based drivers like those at Uber or Lyft, passed comfortably in Tuesday’s election.

The vote was not close; prop 22 passed with about 58% of the vote.

AB5 is the California law passed in the wake of the Dynamex decision that puts into law the so-called ABC test that was at the core of the Dynamex ruling in 2018. By doing so, even though there were carve-outs for a variety of professions that were added to later through amendments, it would have forced Uber, Lyft and DoorDash–the three companies behind Prop 22–to classify many of their independent contractor drivers as employees.

According to the Ballotpedia website, Prop 22 “defined app-based drivers as workers who (a) provide delivery services on an on-demand basis through a business’s online-enabled application or platform or (b) use a personal vehicle to provide prearranged transportation services for compensation via a business’s online-enabled application or platform.”



There is no immediate or obvious impact on trucking. The role of AB5 on trucking in California remains in the balance as a federal appeals court considers a challenge to an earlier and ongoing preliminary injunction that cited a 90’s era federal law–the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act–as effectively blocking the provisions of AB5 in the trucking sector. Oral arguments in the appeal were heard in early September.
The injunctions date back to a temporary injunction handed down last New Year’s Eve, right before AB5 was to go into effect.
The main issue for trucking and for app-based transportation companies with both AB5 and Dynamex is the B prong of the ABC test. It classifies a worker as an employee if that person is engaged in an activity that is central to the company’s existence. It would therefore not require a transportation company hiring an outside accountant as an employee, since the hiring entity is not an accounting firm.
But a trucking company hiring an independent contractor as a driver, or a car transportation service like Uber utilizing independent contractors to haul passengers around, would fall under the B prong.


Uber, Lyft and DoorDash poured millions into the race, which was said to be the most expensive campaign ever for a ballet proposition

Are most people stupid & vote against their own self interest ?

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