A file photo shows app-based drivers from Uber and Lyft protest in a caravan in front of City Hall in Los Angeles. In California, labour legislation endorsed by voters last November in a referendum, known as Proposition 22, effectively overturned a state law requiring Uber, Lyft and other app-based, on-demand delivery services to reclassify their drivers and provide employee benefits. — AFP
SAN FRANCISCO: Uber driver Mae Cee scoffs at the notion, touted by the global ride-share service, that she and her peers are self-employed contractors – and that most of them are happy with the arrangement.
In California, labour legislation endorsed by voters last November in a referendum, known as Proposition 22, effectively overturned a state law requiring Uber, Lyft and other app-based, on-demand delivery services to reclassify their drivers and provide employee benefits.
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