Uber, Lyft California Prop 22 Ruling Opens Door to Challenges

Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc.‘s classification of drivers as independent contractors was left intact by California’s top court on Thursday—but it’s not the end of the companies’ fight in the Golden State.

The California Supreme Court explicitly left open the question of whether state lawmakers can extend the workers’ compensation system to include app-based workers, saying only that the voter amendment, known as Proposition 22, doesn’t unduly encroach on the legislature’s constitutional power to oversee that system. The court didn’t weigh in on the limits to the power of voters to legislate on workers’ compensation through California’s unique ...