{"id":1302,"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":"2023-02-27T10:59:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T15:59:12","slug":"the-law-applies-to-gig-companies-too","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-fr\/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_2a0c126703cc57da8bee8299dd47a8a8\">\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_2a0c126703cc57da8bee8299dd47a8a8 -->\n\n\n    \n<blockquote class=\"blockquote\" id=\"block_344e60fc3ffbaedcffd3780e090caa8f\">\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_344e60fc3ffbaedcffd3780e090caa8f -->\n\n\n\n<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. \u201cWhat's at stake here is society saying are we going to maintain standards such as minimum wage, overtime, unemployment, workers comp,\u201d said Aquent CEO John H. Chuang, \u201cor are we going to change things, as the gig economy companies want, where anything goes?\u201d 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. 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