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AB 5

  • Legislators Seek to Stop California’s Controversial Contractor Law From Spreading Nationwide
    Legislators Seek to Stop California’s Controversial Contractor Law From Spreading Nationwide
    Passed in California in 2019, AB 5 reclassified many contract or freelance workers to employees, allowing them to receive benefits.
    January 29, 2024BY Travis Gillmore
  • BC’s Plan to Regulate the Gig Economy Could Be the Start of a Long Fight
    BC’s Plan to Regulate the Gig Economy Could Be the Start of a Long Fight
    British Columbia is developing a plan to regulate its gig economy, which includes drivers for ride-share and delivery ...
    January 19, 2023BY Tara MacIsaac
  • Truckers at Port of LA Face Upcoming Hurdles With Clean Air Regulations, AB 5
    Truckers at Port of LA Face Upcoming Hurdles With Clean Air Regulations, AB 5
    Truckers at the Port of Los Angeles are facing some uncertainties due to new California policies including a ...
    August 18, 2022BY Jill McLaughlin
  • California Truckers Affected by New Law Warn ‘Prices Are Going to Go Through the Roof’
    California Truckers Affected by New Law Warn ‘Prices Are Going to Go Through the Roof’
    LONG BEACH, Calif.—Michael Clifford works for a trucking company in Utah but spends much of his time making ...
    August 4, 2022BY Allan Stein
  • Truckers Protest Gig Worker Law at Southern California Ports
    Truckers Protest Gig Worker Law at Southern California Ports
    LOS ANGELES—Honking truckers tied up traffic early on July 13 protesting California’s “gig worker” law, which reclassifies many ...
    July 14, 2022BY Jamie Joseph
  • California’s Gig Worker Battle Not Over
    California’s Gig Worker Battle Not Over
    Commentary I’ve taken Uber or Lyft several times in recent years. They’re especially convenient if my creaking 2010 ...
    August 27, 2021BY John Seiler
  • California Freelancers Disenfranchised by AB 5 Prepare to Vote ‘Yes’ on State Recall
    California Freelancers Disenfranchised by AB 5 Prepare to Vote ‘Yes’ on State Recall
    While a California Superior Court judge ruled Proposition 22 as unconstitutional, thousands of freelancers affected by Assembly Bill 5 (AB ...
    August 23, 2021BY Vanessa Serna
  • Truckers, Journalists Continue to Challenge California’s Controversial Freelance Law
    Truckers, Journalists Continue to Challenge California’s Controversial Freelance Law
    Truckers and freelance journalists are continuing their court appeals to seek additional exemptions under California’s controversial freelance law. ...
    July 12, 2021BY Jamie Joseph
  • California Freelancers Say New Exemption Law Still Not Enough
    California Freelancers Say New Exemption Law Still Not Enough
    California freelancers derailed by last year’s controversial gig worker mandate are set to receive more exemptions through a ...
    January 17, 2021BY Jamie Joseph
  • California’s Controversial Gig Worker Law Hit Hard by Prop. 22
    California’s Controversial Gig Worker Law Hit Hard by Prop. 22
    A traffic jam of opinions has accumulated after Californians voted to overturn in large part a controversial law ...
    November 13, 2020BY Jamie Joseph
  • Opponents of App-Based Drivers Proposition Hold Rally in Orange
    Opponents of App-Based Drivers Proposition Hold Rally in Orange
    ORANGE, Calif.—Those who oppose a California ballot measure that would allow drivers for ride-share companies to be classified ...
    October 17, 2020BY Drew Van Voorhis
  • Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction Against Uber and Lyft Regarding AB 5
    Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction Against Uber and Lyft Regarding AB 5
    LOS ANGELES (CNS)—In a ruling stemming from a lawsuit brought by the city attorneys of Los Angeles and ...
    August 10, 2020BY City News Service
  • California State Contract Violates New Gig Worker Law, Lawyer Says
    California State Contract Violates New Gig Worker Law, Lawyer Says
    California’s Employment Development Department (EDD) has hired outside independent contractors to help process unemployment claims, a lawyer says—thus ...
    July 24, 2020BY Jamie Joseph
  • California Youth Athletic Programs Cut Back Because of Freelancer Law AB 5
    California Youth Athletic Programs Cut Back Because of Freelancer Law AB 5
    IRVINE, Calif.—Youth athletics programs in California are facing major budget hurdles in complying with Assembly Bill (AB 5), ...
    February 25, 2020BY Jamie Joseph
  • Nonprofit Founders ‘Upset and Freaked Out’ by California’s AB 5
    Nonprofit Founders ‘Upset and Freaked Out’ by California’s AB 5
    IRVINE, Calif.—“I was quite depressed when AB 5 went into law,” said Sylvia Amorino, founder of a non-profit ...
    February 14, 2020BY Jamie Joseph
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    Appeals Court Rejects Trump Bid to Use Immigration Database for Voter Checks
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    4hr By Bill Pan
    Federal Government Backs Supreme Court Challenge to AR-15 Bans
  • NTD 8th International Piano Competition Winners Announced
    8hr By NTD Newsroom
    NTD 8th International Piano Competition Winners Announced
  • New PFAS Pesticides Are Entering Our Food System, Revealing a Conundrum
    8hr By Marina Zhang
    New PFAS Pesticides Are Entering Our Food System, Revealing a Conundrum
  • Kremlin Says Peace Talks Useful as US Envoys Leave Moscow for Kyiv
    9hr By Jacki Thrapp
    Kremlin Says Peace Talks Useful as US Envoys Leave Moscow for Kyiv
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    10hr By Bill Pan
    Labor Day Gas Prices Head for Record High
  • Here’s What People Get Wrong About Modern Warfare | John Spencer
    14hr By Jan Jekielek, Epoch TV
    Here’s What People Get Wrong About Modern Warfare | John Spencer
  • State Department Says 75 Americans Remain Missing After Nepal-Tibet Flood
    14hr By Dorothy Li
    State Department Says 75 Americans Remain Missing After Nepal-Tibet Flood
  • US Forces Destroy 3 IRGC Oil Tankers After Iran Targets Navy Warships
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