Uber Appeal of California Gig Classification Law at 9th Circuit

Attorneys for Uber Technologies Inc., Postmates Inc., and two gig workers want a federal appeals court to invalidate California’s worker classification law as unconstitutional and to block its enforcement.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday will hear oral arguments that the California law to determine who’s an independent contractor and who’s an employee is irrational, treats similarly situated individuals and professions disparately, and discriminates against certain technology platforms like Uber by exempting errand-based apps like TaskRabbit that use the same driver and courier model.

Under California’s law known as A.B. 5 ...