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sl8

(13,584 posts)
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 02:59 PM Aug 2020

Lyft will suspend service in California after ordered to classify drivers as employees

From https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/20/lyft-will-suspend-service-in-california-after-ordered-to-classify-drivers-as-employees.html

Lyft will suspend service in California after ordered to classify drivers as employees

PUBLISHED THU, AUG 20 2020 12:21 PM EDT
UPDATED 11 MIN AGO
Lauren Feiner

KEY POINTS

• Lyft will suspend service in California at 11:59 Pacific Time Thursday after a court granted a preliminary injunction last week requiring it to reclassify drivers as employees, the company said in a blog post.

• Top executives at Uber and Lyft warned last week they would likely have to suspend their ride-hailing services to comply with the court order, which would involve them restructuring their operations and re-hiring workers.

• Uber has not made a formal announcement yet about suspending service in California, but it is expected to do so.

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Lyft will suspend service in California after ordered to classify drivers as employees (Original Post) sl8 Aug 2020 OP
when your business model is based on screwing your workers out of benefits Voltaire2 Aug 2020 #1
Do they think that's not going to spread to other states? They'll eventually have to change... brush Aug 2020 #2

Voltaire2

(12,626 posts)
1. when your business model is based on screwing your workers out of benefits
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 03:09 PM
Aug 2020

in order to gain an unfair advantage over your competition, it is difficult to operate without that advantage.

brush

(53,471 posts)
2. Do they think that's not going to spread to other states? They'll eventually have to change...
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 03:13 PM
Aug 2020

or go out of business.

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