{"id":1293,"date":"2020-08-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/news\/its-bs-that-uber-will-shut-down-aquent-ceo\/"},"modified":"2023-02-27T11:01:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T16:01:48","slug":"its-bs-that-uber-will-shut-down-aquent-ceo","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/news\/its-bs-that-uber-will-shut-down-aquent-ceo","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s BS that Uber will shut down: Aquent CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n    <div class=\"sprout-container\" id=\"block_19d0107749d6c837aac93424848df44e\">\n        <iframe class=\"sprout-embed\" sproutvideo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/videos.sproutvideo.com\/embed\/a79cd6bc1b1ee9cb2e\/52d761cb82499a5b\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe>\n    <\/div><!-- #block_19d0107749d6c837aac93424848df44e -->\n\n\n    \n<blockquote class=\"blockquote\" id=\"block_07e854c356e9e570423cdc716a0f1b49\">\n    <div><span><\/span><\/div>\n    <p>\u201cThe writing is on the wall, they need to comply with these laws.\u201d<\/p>\n    <cite class=\"blockquote__attribution\">\n                    <span class=\"blockquote__name\">CEO JOHN H. CHUANG<\/span>\n                    <\/cite>\n<\/blockquote><!-- #block_07e854c356e9e570423cdc716a0f1b49 -->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uber and Lyft were ordered by San Francisco Superior Court to comply with California's AB5 law and reclassify drivers from independent contractors to employees with benefits like overtime and healthcare. It's a major loss for gig companies. Uber said it may have to shut down its ride-hailing app in the state. \u201cUber is just trying to protect their subsidy,\u201d said Aquent CEO John Chuang. He said five million companies in America obey our laws, pay payroll taxes, and manage to provide value to customers too. \u201cIf they do have to shut down, maybe they should.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yahoo! also asked Chuang about Aquent's new Robohead 10,000 index which measures marketing work activity as a precursor to measures like employment and GDP. 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