San Francisco Sues DoorDash for Misclassifying Employees

The true nature of the "gig economy" has become a standing subject of discussion.In theory, these "gigs" are a self-employment opportunity to pick up some extra cash.But in practice, many of these freelancers are acting as employees.But companies are reaping the benefits of this "gig" classification by circumventing legal protections for workers.Now, that debate is coming to a head in San Francisco. The city's district attorney filed a lawsuit against DoorDash.Misclassifying workers deprives them of the labor law safeguards to which they are entitled, denying workers minimum wage and overtime pay, unemployment insurance and protection from discrimination, among other things, Chesa Boudin,District Attorney.The lawsuit claims that DoorDash violated a new law, which says that companies must prove workers are contractors.This is one of the first actions taken by the city's new Economic Crimes Against Workers Unit, one of the first of its kind