San Diego Closer to Win on Making Instacart Reclassify Workers

Instacart will likely have to reclassify its full-time Shoppers as employees rather than independent contractors, after a state court judge issued a tentative ruling Friday morning granting San Diego’s request for a preliminary injunction.

The San Diego City Attorney put forth a “very plausible showing of improper classification under the ABC test,” the state’s newly-codified worker classification standard, and Instacart hasn’t fully shown that it would satisfy that test, San Diego Superior Court Judge Timothy B. Taylor said. Last week, the court declined to grant the City’s request for emergency injunctive relief. The parties are scheduled to appear at a ...