Labor/Employment,
Corporate
Oct. 30, 2019
Gig companies unveil ballot initiative to carve out their workers from new labor law
A group of gig economy companies unveiled their long-rumored challenge to AB 5 on Tuesday, setting up a multimillion-dollar 2020 ballot initiative battle.
SACRAMENTO -- A group of gig economy companies unveiled their long-rumored challenge to AB 5 on Tuesday, setting up a multimillion-dollar 2020 ballot initiative battle.
The narrowly-tailored measure creates the carve-out from the law these companies were unable to get from the Legislature. It is not a referendum on the overall law.
If passed, it would allow gig companies like Uber Technologies In...
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