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My whole life I have seen advertisements for desk jobs that required people to have driver's licenses, use of a vehicle, and insurance, even when there was no driving involved in the job at all.

Requiring a driver's license for employment is now prohibited in California if driving is not reasonably expected to be part of the job duties. This is a huge victory for people who use transit and cycling for their mobility.
gov.ca.gov/2024/12/28/new-in-2

Governor of California · New in 2025: Protecting more workers | Governor of California

@danwentzel

Driver's licenses served other purposes.

It's used to check credit scores, find driving infractions, engage in wage theft, or misuse residency to underpay -- all things that rarely had anything to do with job responsibilities.

It's used to sift out candidates. Fewer wheelchair users have a drivers license. Ditto the working poor, disabled, or unhoused.

Employers avoid hiring candidates who might ask for WFH or get stuck in traffic frequently.

@Npars01 I do not own a car by choice but maintain a driver's license. The insistence that someone needed to have their own car before applying for a stationary job never made sense nor seemed fair.

Nicole Parsons

@danwentzel

The requirement for a car was used to subsidize company operations.

"Can you pick up the cake for Joe's retirement during lunch?"

"Please pick up the mail on your way into work & get me a pack of cigarettes too."

"Drop off the samples at the printers on your way home"

It's coercive & a cost/mile reimbursement never covers the full cost of owning a vehicle.

It offloads corporate expenses onto employees & it's used for unpaid overtime running errands.

@Npars01 @danwentzel

Most of my employers reimbursed miles driven at that year's standard mileage rate set by the IRS.

One didn't and I only found out about it after my boss had me drive across town.