![]() ![]() As far as Gomez could tell, no such increase ever took effect. In 2023, it should have gone up 2 more, to 34 cents a mile. Since inflation was 6.8% in 2022, that fee was supposed to be bumped up 2 cents. But Proposition 22 also stipulates that every year, that rate will be raised to keep pace with inflation. Starting in 2021, gig app companies were to pay drivers 30 cents per mile driven on the job. It’s a long and confusing law, but Gomez studied it when it passed and took note of one of its more arcane benefits: a provision that grants drivers making the bare minimum a small reimbursement for vehicle expenses. ![]() Instead of a minimum wage, drivers got a minimum earnings guarantee - but only for “engaged” miles, not time spent between rides. ![]() The ballot measure instead carved out app-based gig workers as independent contractors and put in place a raft of better-than-nothing half measures: Instead of full healthcare coverage, gig workers got a healthcare subsidy, if they worked enough hours to qualify. ![]() Proposition 22, you might recall, overrode part of AB 5, a law that classified gig workers as employees, entitling them to benefits and protections. In particular, it means knowing Proposition 22, the controversial ballot measure that passed in 2020 and became law in 2021, inside and out.įor the gig drivers of California, Gomez’s eagle-eyed attention to detail, paired with a fellow driver’s fighting spirit, resulted in a windfall that could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. That means knowing the right times to drive, which rides to accept and which to pass up - and it also means knowing the letter of the law that governs his trade. He takes pride in knowing how to maximize his earnings on each trip he takes. Pablo Gomez has been a full-time Uber driver since 2019. ![]()
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