Uber may shut down temporarily in California

Uber and rival Lyft both have about a week left to appeal a preliminary injunction granted by a California judge on Monday that will prohibit the companies from continuing to classify their drivers as independent workers. Following the order will require Uber and Lyft to provide benefits and unemployment insurance for workers.

California s attorney general and three city attorneys brought the lawsuit against the companies under the state s new law, Assembly Bill 5, that aims to provide benefits to gig workers core to a company s business by classifying them as employees. In his decision granting the preliminary injunction, the judge rejected the notion that drivers should be considered outside the course of the companies businesses, calling the logic  a classic example of circular reasoning.

Uber and Lyft both said they would appeal the ruling during the 10-day period before it goes into effect.

via www.cnbc.com

Oh dear. Good thing I don’t go anywhere anymore.