by Bob Walsh
Last
November the voters in the formerly great state of California, some of
who are actual citizens, passed Proposition 22 by 58%. This proposition
allowed workers in the "gig economy" such as Uber and Lyft drivers to
continue to be considered to be independent contractors rather than
employees. A superior court judge has just ruled that Proposition 22 is
unconstitutional and unenforceable because it limits the actions of the
legislature in the future. I confess I have a hard time with the logic
in that. Be that as it may it seems that the gig economy in CA may not
be as alive and well as it might otherwise be. Making these folks
hourly employees will benefit some of them, but may very well cost many
of them their gigs. I am confident the people involved will appeal.
There is a huge amount of money involved.
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