The Lakewood Democrat said the trend toward freelance work is "About corporations trying to oppress workers. When you hear folks talking about the new economy, the gig economy, the innovation economy, it's feudalism all over again."
In that 2018 case, the California Supreme Court ruled that when a worker-business arrangement cannot pass its "ABC test," a three-pronged standard that determines if a worker can legally operate as an independent contractor, the worker must be a hired employee.
After it passed in the lower chamber in May, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez-Fletcher, D-San Diego, the bill's sponsor, tweeted out a thanks to her colleagues who voted to prevent workers from being deprived "Of the labor law protections they are rightfully entitled to." Steve Smith, the California Labor Federation's director of communications, has said that "Classifying workers as independent contractors" means "Cheating" them "Out of basic protections in the law."
Freelancers make their own hours, work for multiple companies at the same time, walk away from bad bosses, supplement their full-time jobs when emergency funds are needed, juggle work and school, and look for projects they prefer rather than taking those assigned to them.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Fewer than one in 10 independent contractors would prefer a traditional work arrangement." What happens to the nine who prefer freelancing if lawmakers set the bar so high only a few can reach it?
"Independent contractors, on average, cost about 66 cents on the dollar for every hour they work compared to a full-time employee," says the R Street Institute's Jarret Dieterle, with California businesses expected to be paying an additional $1.3 billion to nearly $7 billion a year if AB 5 becomes law.
Complicating the legislation are discussions about exemptions for workers in some industries, such as medical, engineering, real estate sales, and insurance sales.
https://issuesinsights.com/2019/09/01/california-is-close-to-fitting-workers-with-no-freelancing-ball-and-chain/
In that 2018 case, the California Supreme Court ruled that when a worker-business arrangement cannot pass its "ABC test," a three-pronged standard that determines if a worker can legally operate as an independent contractor, the worker must be a hired employee.
After it passed in the lower chamber in May, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez-Fletcher, D-San Diego, the bill's sponsor, tweeted out a thanks to her colleagues who voted to prevent workers from being deprived "Of the labor law protections they are rightfully entitled to." Steve Smith, the California Labor Federation's director of communications, has said that "Classifying workers as independent contractors" means "Cheating" them "Out of basic protections in the law."
Freelancers make their own hours, work for multiple companies at the same time, walk away from bad bosses, supplement their full-time jobs when emergency funds are needed, juggle work and school, and look for projects they prefer rather than taking those assigned to them.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Fewer than one in 10 independent contractors would prefer a traditional work arrangement." What happens to the nine who prefer freelancing if lawmakers set the bar so high only a few can reach it?
"Independent contractors, on average, cost about 66 cents on the dollar for every hour they work compared to a full-time employee," says the R Street Institute's Jarret Dieterle, with California businesses expected to be paying an additional $1.3 billion to nearly $7 billion a year if AB 5 becomes law.
Complicating the legislation are discussions about exemptions for workers in some industries, such as medical, engineering, real estate sales, and insurance sales.
https://issuesinsights.com/2019/09/01/california-is-close-to-fitting-workers-with-no-freelancing-ball-and-chain/
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