California Bill Makes App-Based Companies Treat Workers as Employees (Published 2019)Supporters of a bill that reclassifies contractors as employees gathered outside the State Capitol in Sacramento last month.Credit...Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press SACRAMENTO — California legislators approved a landmark bill on Tuesday that requires companies like Uber and Lyft to treat contract workers as employees, a move that could reshape the gig economy and that adds fuel to a yearslong de
California's controversial labor bill has passed the Senate. Experts forecast more worker rights, higher prices for services
