"DoorDash is committed to passing a new law—in the legislature or at the ballot—that would create benefits and protections for Dashers, including a guaranteed minimum wage with the opportunity to earn more, access to benefits, and protections against discrimination and sexual harassment." Delivery couriers would also receive pay for time spent waiting for orders on the app. "Currently, as contractors, they don't have to be paid for that wait time. The [current] classification as independent contractors shifts all of the risk onto the worker," said Aaron Blumenthal, a lawyer in Oakland who represents DoorDash workers on wage theft and employee misclassification cases. Blumenthal says with the passage of AB5, "all workers will presumptively be employees," and the onus will be on the companies to prove that a worker is a contractor. "It will be difficult to prove for DoorDash." If a company knowingly misclassifies employees, the penalty could be up to $25,000–an enormous liability, he says.