Breaking: Sharing companies Uber, Lyft and DoorDash unveiled a November 2020 ballot measure to exclude many of those they pay for work from being considered benefits-earning employees.
in 2018. Lawmakers spent months deciding whether to limit the ruling’s impact on some businesses and, if so, to what extent.Signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom last month, AB 5 was at the center of an intense state Capitol battle between organized labor and business groups.
The spring and summer debate also marked the political debut of California’s app-based companies, whose business model dominated much of the discussion over the law’s impact.was made over the summer during the height of legislative negotiations. But exactly what the companies would ask California voters to enact wasn’t clear until the 17-page proposal was submitted to the state attorney general for review on Tuesday.
, both by their drivers and by labor activists. The ballot measure states, for example, that all tips paid by customers will go to drivers and will not result in a driver being paid less money — plus it establishes minimum pay of 120% of California’s minimum wage, which is scheduled to rise to $13 an hour for most businesses next year.Drivers would also be paid a 30-cents-per-mile fee for expenses such as gas and vehicle maintenance, an amount to be adjusted annually for inflation.
Criticisms have hounded the companies over driver and passenger safety. The initiative requires criminal-background checks and bans on drivers convicted of certain felonies and of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. It also requires companies to provide safety training and gives those drivers until July 1, 2021, to complete the courses provided.
The proposal is a latecomer to the 2020 ballot measure process. Most supporters of likely measures had their initiatives vetted by state officials weeks or months ago and were already collecting voter signatures. The relatively late start for the tech companies means they will likely have to pay more to circulate petitions, with the ultimate goal of gathering more than 623,000 valid voter signatures by spring of next year.
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