misclassification

Jan discusses recent major updates to California's independent contractor laws, misclassification and EDD payroll and verification audits

Paris Marx is joined by Wilfred Chan to discuss how gig companies misled California voters to back Prop 22, whether the Biden administration will be an ally to gig workers, and the need for solidarity in the fight to preserve (and expand) labor rights.

Wilfred Chan is a contributing writer at the Nation. He has also written for Dissent, The Guardian, NBC News, and more. Read his recent piece on the fight for labor rights after Prop 22. Follow Wilfred on Twitter as @wilfredchan.

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Also mentioned in this episode:

• The Economic Policy Institute published an explainer on California’s Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) and worker misclassification
• The gig companies bought endorsements and sent out fake progressive mailers for Prop 22. The head of California’s NAACP stepped down after the election for taking $1.7 million to back ballot measures.
• VP-elect Kamala Harris’ brother-in-law Tony West is chief legal officer at Uber, and now there are calls to make him Attorney General in a Biden administration
• Biden’s transition team is full of people from Big Tech with concerning pasts, including from Uber and Lyft
• Uber and Lyft’s share prices soared after Prop 22 won
• Find out more about Rideshare Drivers United and New York Taxi Workers Alliance

AB5 is almost certain to become law. The final vote in the California state senate is expected to pass before the week is over.

What will happen to the Gig Delivery industry and to contractors for Grubhub, Doordash, Postmates, Uber Eats and others in California? How will that affect our businesses? How will that impact us in other states? What will be the ripple affect?

We talk about this some in today's episode. Some of the topics we cover are: (with links to related articles at EntreCourier.com)

What IS AB5 and how does it apply to gig delivery work?
What are the drawbacks to AB5?
Why is AB5 Necessary despite the drawbacks?
What will this mean to California based contractors?
What is the ripple effect for those of us not in California?
What should we do as a result of its likely passage?

Every week we post a companion blog post that serves as a semi-transcript of the episode. There's so much to talk about with AB5, it was hard keeping the podcast at a reasonable length, but this week we decided to go into a bit more depth on the website. So instead of a single post, we published a series of articles. You can find the 'home page' for that article series here.

Skip The Dishes, a delivery service that brings food from restaurants to customers' doors, has been served a class-action lawsuit in Manitoba.

Charleen Pokornik, who has been driving for the company since November 2016, filed a lawsuit on July 25 on behalf of drivers, arguing that the couriers should be classified as employees, and receive benefits like vacation, overtime and minimum wage.

Skip The Dishes refers to its drivers as independent contractors.

Employment Lawyer Lior Samfiru joined host Kelly Cutrara on Global News Radio 640 Toronto to explain why the lawsuit has merit, and how it mirrors his own class-action lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc. regarding employee misclassification of drivers.

Read more about the Manitoba lawsuit here.

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