Beginning in 2023, California transportation network companies will be required to reduce their cumulative climate pollution.
These companies, like Uber and Lyft, are allowed to treat their drivers as independent contractors passing on all the externalized costs to their drivers—for fuel, idle time while waiting on fares, and vehicle maintenance.
The new law would ensure that companies assume their responsibility to provide core employment protections to drivers and assume their lawful responsibility to pay for employee equipment – zero emissions cars.
Read the article at CalMatters.