A worker reclassified as an employee could end up costing a business up to 30 percent more, thanks to the cost of minimum wage, overtime, workers' comp, disability and other benefits. (Photo: Shutterstock)
If you're a California gig worker, maybe you're really an employee—and in that case, you should be entitled to the protections afforded employees.
That's the thrust of a bill that has just passed the California Assembly, and although it still has to get through the House and be signed by the governor, it has the potential to create huge change for workers.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that although businesses are opposed to the bill, citing among other things the potential additional cost of providing benefits to workers, the landmark bill AB5 codifies “a groundbreaking California Supreme Court decision,” known as Dynamex.
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Marlene Satter
Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.
