Uber, Lyft and others set to keep workers as contractors in California
Gig economy giants are winning a ballot measure that will exempt them from classifying most of their workers as employees, saving them millions
04 November 2020 - 12:48
San Francisco — Gig economy giants including Uber Technologies, Lyft and DoorDash are winning their effort to pass a hotly contested ballot measure that will exempt the companies from a state law requiring them to classify most of their workers as employees.
News outlets, including the Washington Post and NBC News, projected that the proposition would succeed on Tuesday in advance of final results. Almost 58% of voters support the proposition with about two-thirds of the vote reported, according to the California secretary of state’s office...
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