This House would require ride-share drivers to be classified as employees.

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California Prop 22, the EU's Platform Work Directive, and the UK Supreme Court's Uber ruling are pulling in different directions. Drivers themselves are split on which they prefer.

Background

The UK Supreme Court ruled unanimously in 2021 that Uber drivers are "workers" entitled to minimum wage and holiday pay. California voters passed Prop 22 in 2020 (with $200M+ in campaign spending from Uber/Lyft/DoorDash) keeping drivers as contractors but adding earnings floors. The EU's 2024 Platform Work Directive presumes platform workers are employees unless the company proves otherwise. Driver surveys consistently find a majority prefer the flexibility of contractor status, but the same surveys find a majority want guaranteed minimum hourly earnings. Both reforms can be true at once; the legal frameworks usually force a choice.

Government opens with

The gig classification was engineered to externalize labor costs onto workers who can't bargain.

Opposition responds with

Mandatory employee classification ends ride-share availability outside dense cities; the drivers who lose income are the ones who relied on flexibility.

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