Prop 22 and The New Gig Economy

This election season, gig economy companies, namely Uber and Lyft, spent over $200 million campaigning in favor of CA Prop 22. This high profile proposition amended 2018’s Assembly Bill (AB) 5, which took effect in January 2020. AB 5 was intended to end worker misclassification by gig employers, and force these companies to grant full-time…