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Most of what it provides are far less than existing state law. It counts "engaged time" only as the time a driver is actually carrying a fare. They're suggestin
by content_sesh 6y ago
Most of what it provides are far less than existing state law. It counts "engaged time" only as the time a driver is actually carrying a fare. They're suggesting a 30 cents/mile reimbursement rate; the IRS 2020 rate is 57.5 cents/mile. CA worker compensation laws also provide much stronger protection for workers, crucially on a no-fault basis.
The pro-22 companies have contributed $110 million to the campaign. That's plenty to hire some good PR, and two orders of magnitude more than the groups opposed. So one could hypothesize their terrible marketing on 22's employee protections is because it has poor protections compared to the alternative
- jedberg 6y agoIt certainly doesn't provide as many protections as being an employee. Hence the compromise part. The reason they don't want to classify them as employees is because of the onerous cost of doing so. At the same time, the people doing the work want the flexibility of being a contractor while getting some of the important benefits of being an employee. So yes, it's a compromise, but it seems like a pretty fair compromise.