California’s Proposition 22, the most expensive ballot initiative in the state’s history, saw gig economy giants pay their way to sidestep state labour laws. Uber and Lyft – and other independent contractor-heavy delivery services such as Instacart, Postmates and DoorDash – banded together and threw in $275 million to circumvent a state law that would have made them treat their contract workers as employees.
Last year Californian legislators deemed workers at these companies were employees, entitled to sick pay, holiday pay, worker’s compensation, health and accident insurance and a…
