#1449 - Q&A: What does "Proposition 22" mean for independent contractors?
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2020
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
California’s voters recently approved Proposition 22, changing the rules for some independent contractors who work for companies like Uber and DoorDash. But this change affects others as well, and not just in California. What does it mean?
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| 1:06.8 | not just in California. So what does it mean? We got a listener question about it. |
| 1:10.7 | And this was actually a really interesting battle during the campaign where those companies, |
| 1:15.4 | I think also lift and instacart, maybe a few others, they spent upwards of $180 million. |
| 1:21.5 | Like $180 million lobbying for their cause, essentially. And it paid off in this case, at least for them. |
| 1:29.0 | There was a fair amount of backlash because people are like $180 million. Like what else could you do |
| 1:33.4 | with that money? Maybe you could provide better care for your drivers, etc. But the voters did decide |
| 1:39.0 | by a pretty good margin that Uber drivers and similar are independent contractors not employees. |
| 1:44.6 | Which was what was it stake in that campaign again called Proposition 22. So the thing is, |
| 1:49.7 | if you ever do any kind of freelance work or if you want to hire someone on a contract basis |
| 1:53.8 | to do some kind of work for you, this can end up affecting you even as I said if you don't live in |
| 1:57.9 | California. So let's talk about Proposition 22 coming up after this quick sponsor message. |
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