{"id":13759,"date":"2020-08-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/news\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too"},"modified":"2026-08-05T10:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:00:48","slug":"the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/news\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too","title":{"rendered":"The law applies to gig companies too"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n    <div class=\"sprout-container\" id=\"block_0167917821f8d0dd8a5b372441378f72\">\n        <iframe class=\"sprout-embed\" sproutvideo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/videos.sproutvideo.com\/embed\/069cd6be1915eec28f\/e874a042b469d6d0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe>\n    <\/div><!-- #block_0167917821f8d0dd8a5b372441378f72 -->\n\n\n    \n<blockquote class=\"blockquote\" id=\"block_e7655b0ac6c795d5bb476b9326b02975\">\n    <div><span><\/span><\/div>\n    <p>\u201cWhat kind of standard of living do we want for our workers?\u201d<\/p>\n    <cite class=\"blockquote__attribution\">\n                    <span class=\"blockquote__name\">CEO JOHN H. CHUANG<\/span>\n                    <\/cite>\n<\/blockquote><!-- #block_e7655b0ac6c795d5bb476b9326b02975 -->\n\n\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><html><body><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph \">In a major loss, Uber and Lyft were ordered by San Francisco Superior Court to reclassify drivers from independent contractors to employees with benefits. &ldquo;What's at stake here is society saying are we going to maintain standards such as minimum wage, overtime, unemployment, workers comp,&rdquo; said Aquent CEO John H. Chuang, &ldquo;or are we going to change things, as the gig economy companies want, where anything goes?&rdquo; Chuang said COVID19 has pushed ride-sharing business down by 75%, so perhaps this is a good time for the companies to figure out how to comply with the law. In the meantime, he suggested competitors should pounce.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ordered to treat drivers as employees, Lyft suspends services in California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13760,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":""},"class_list":["post-13759","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ordered to treat drivers as employees, Lyft suspends services in California.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/news\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO Pro (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Aquent\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The law applies to gig companies too | Aquent\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ordered to treat drivers as employees, Lyft suspends services in California.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/news\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/aquent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/aquent-default-image.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/aquent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/aquent-default-image.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"669\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-20T05:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-05T15:00:48+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aquent\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Aquent\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"The law applies to gig companies too | Aquent\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Ordered to treat drivers as employees, Lyft suspends services in California.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/aquent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/aquent-default-image.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aquent.com\\\/en-au\\\/news\\\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aquent.com\\\/en-au#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aquent.com\\\/en-au\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aquent.com\\\/en-au\\\/news#listItem\",\"name\":\"News\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aquent.com\\\/en-au\\\/news#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aquent.com\\\/en-au\\\/news\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aquent.com\\\/en-au\\\/news\\\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too#listItem\",\"name\":\"The law applies to gig companies too\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aquent.com\\\/en-au#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aquent.com\\\/en-au\\\/news\\\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"The law applies to gig companies too\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aquent.com\\\/en-au\\\/news#listItem\",\"name\":\"News\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aquent.com\\\/en-au\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Aquent\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aquent.com\\\/en-au\\\/\",\"telephone\":\"+16175355000\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aquent.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/aquent-logo.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aquent.com\\\/en-au\\\/news\\\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too\\\/#organizationLogo\",\"width\":152,\"height\":22},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aquent.com\\\/en-au\\\/news\\\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too\\\/#organizationLogo\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/aquent\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/Aquent\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/aquent\"]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aquent.com\\\/en-au\\\/news\\\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aquent.com\\\/en-au\\\/news\\\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too\",\"name\":\"The law applies to gig companies too | Aquent\",\"description\":\"Ordered to treat drivers as employees, Lyft suspends services in California.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aquent.com\\\/en-au\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aquent.com\\\/en-au\\\/news\\\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too#breadcrumblist\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aquent.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/Cheddar_TV.svg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aquent.com\\\/en-au\\\/news\\\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too\\\/#mainImage\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aquent.com\\\/en-au\\\/news\\\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too#mainImage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-20T00:00:00-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-05T10:00:48-05:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aquent.com\\\/en-au\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aquent.com\\\/en-au\\\/\",\"name\":\"Aquent\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aquent.com\\\/en-au\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro -->\r\n\t\t<title>The law applies to gig companies too | Aquent<\/title>\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"The law applies to gig companies too | Aquent","description":"Ordered to treat drivers as employees, Lyft suspends services in California.","canonical_url":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/news\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/news\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/news#listItem","name":"News"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/news#listItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/news","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/news\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too#listItem","name":"The law applies to gig companies too"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/news\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too#listItem","position":3,"name":"The law applies to gig companies too","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/news#listItem","name":"News"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/#organization","name":"Aquent","url":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/","telephone":"+16175355000","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/aquent-logo.png","@id":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/news\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too\/#organizationLogo","width":152,"height":22},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/news\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too\/#organizationLogo"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aquent\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/Aquent","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/aquent"]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/news\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too#webpage","url":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/news\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too","name":"The law applies to gig companies too | Aquent","description":"Ordered to treat drivers as employees, Lyft suspends services in California.","inLanguage":"en-AU","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/news\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too#breadcrumblist"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cheddar_TV.svg","@id":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/news\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too\/#mainImage"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/news\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too#mainImage"},"datePublished":"2020-08-20T00:00:00-05:00","dateModified":"2026-08-05T10:00:48-05:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/#website","url":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/","name":"Aquent","inLanguage":"en-AU","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Aquent","og:type":"article","og:title":"The law applies to gig companies too | Aquent","og:description":"Ordered to treat drivers as employees, Lyft suspends services in California.","og:url":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/news\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too","og:image":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/aquent-default-image.jpg","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/aquent-default-image.jpg","og:image:width":1200,"og:image:height":669,"article:published_time":"2020-08-20T05:00:00+00:00","article:modified_time":"2026-08-05T15:00:48+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aquent\/","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:site":"@Aquent","twitter:title":"The law applies to gig companies too | Aquent","twitter:description":"Ordered to treat drivers as employees, Lyft suspends services in California.","twitter:image":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/aquent-default-image.jpg"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"13759","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":"2026-08-06 01:23:55","breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":0,"open_ai":null,"ai":null,"created":"2026-08-05 15:00:48","updated":"2026-08-06 06:55:58"},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/news\" title=\"News\">News<\/a>\n<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\tThe law applies to gig companies too\n<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au"},{"label":"News","link":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/news"},{"label":"The law applies to gig companies too","link":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/news\/the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}