What loophole? Did I miss something? The law was explicitly designed to force Uber et al to pay drivers more per hour. How on earth is it surprising that the ride share companies turn around and don’t want to pay drivers these minimums when they’re not confident demand is sufficient to compensate?<p>It’s exactly what many people have said about minimum wage laws for a long time: it makes it illegal to have a job unless you can produce $X in value per hour. Maybe as society we’re ok with that, but it’s lunacy to pretend there are no consequences.