A CALIFORNIA HIT TO THE GIG ECONOMY AND MY DAYS AS A TAXI DRIVER
News out of California this morning.
The California Senate passed a bill that will expand the number of Californians classified as employees. The law requires companies to treat those who have been classified as contract workers as employees.
That would be those who work in what is called the gig economy.
The best known companies are Uber, Lyft, Postmates and Doordash. But the gig economy is huge.
The California bill is expected to pass the Assembly and Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to sign it into law.
My first thought was trying to guess when such a law will pass the Illinois legislature and be signed by Governor Pritzker.
How about soon?
In the time frame between the exodus of basic industry, good-paying union jobs from CONTINUE READING: A California hit to the gig economy and my days as a taxi driver. – Fred Klonsky
