Uber and Postmates Important AB-5 Lawsuit Faces an Uphill Battle | Mercatus Center

January 1 did not just ring in a new year and a new decade, it also heralded the start of California s new worker classification law: Assembly Bill 5 (AB-5). Signed last month by Gov. Greg Newsom (D), the new law will affect how freelance workers do (and don t do) business in the state and, given California s trendsetting status, in other states throughout the United States. AB-5 has sparked the assortment of lawsuits and political responses that such heavy-handed interventions generally do, plus it has caused collateral damage to both workers and consumers.

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