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The Supreme Court rejected trucking companies’ appeal of a ruling that would allow...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge Friday struck down a California ballot measure that exempted...

The labor legislation known as Proposition 22 -- heavily backed by Uber, Lyft and other app-based, on-demand services -- effectively overturned a California law requiring them to reclassify their drivers and provide employee benefits.

Owner-operators of freight trucks in California may be classified as employees, federal court rules. FacebookTwitterEmail Trucks are stranded on Interstate 5 in California during a winter storm. More than 70,000 truckers in California can be classified as employees rather than contractors, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.David McNew / Getty Images More than 70,000 owners of freight and delivery trucks in California can be classified as employees of the companies that hire them, with rights to overtime and sick pay and work expenses, rather than as independent contractors, a federal ap...

Truckers fall under California gig economy law, court says April 28, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California's gig economy law applies to some 70,000 truck drivers who can be classified as employees of companies that hire them instead of independent contractors, giving them a right to overtime, sick pay or other benefits, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco overturned a ruling last year by a federal judge that said federal interstate transportation law pre-empted 2019's Assembly Bill 5. In overturning that decisio...