Legislation Could Radically Change Gig Workers’ Lives. Companies Don’t Want That to Happen

that would make it harder for companies like theirs to classify workers as independent contractors, and thus cost companies apassed by the State Assembly in May

and is now up for debate in the Senate, codifies the California Supreme Court’s May 2018 Dynamex ruling that used a three-pronged “ABC” test to determine whether a worker qualified as an employee or an independent contractor.

Lehmann’s op-ed is carefully, artfully ambiguous when it comes to AB5. He doesn’t explicitly state whether he is for or against it, but instead suggests that AB5 “isn’t enough,” framing his proposal as a new deal that goes “further.

We immensely respect Assembly member Gonzalez-Fletcher’s leadership on AB5 and the Senate Judiciary Chairman’s role in addressing issues of the future of work.

The passing of AB5 would fundamentally disrupt the business models of gig companies like Postmates, Uber, Lyft, Instacart, and DoorDash, which are predicated on the low costs of independent labor. Such companies have justified the low wages and lack of benefits given to their gig workers by touting the jobs’ flexibility (despite the fact that labor laws

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