Unicameral Update, reports that a bill to classify ride-share drivers as independent contractors moved forward in the Nebraska legislature.
A bill that would codify ride-share drivers as independent contractors in state law was expanded to include other delivery drivers before advancing to final reading after a successful cloture motion Feb. 19.
LB229, as introduced by Syracuse Sen. Bob Hallstrom, would add workers who use technical applications for marketplace network platforms, such as Uber and Lyft, to an existing list of workers who are classified as independent contractors and are excluded from the state’s Employment Security Law.
Hallstrom introduced an amendment on select file, adopted 32-16, that would expand the definition of marketplace network contractor to include a person transporting freight, sealed or closed envelopes, boxes, parcels or other similar sealed or closed containers for compensation.
He said the amendment seeks to also classify food delivery drivers, such as those delivering for DoorDash, as independent contractors. Food delivery drivers decide if, when and where they are going to work, Hallstrom said, and that is the foundation of independent contractor status.
“[The amendment] will carry out the original intent of the bill and make a good bill better,” he said.
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