Gig Companies Launch "Prop 22" Type Initiatives in Key States
12/23/20 WorkCompAcademy.com Sacramento, CA - In November, gig companies including Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and Instacart helped pass California's Proposition 22, effectively writing their own labor law. Now the companies plan to bring similar legislation elsewhere. Last month, the companies launched a group called the App-Based Work Alliance to support their agenda. Industry-supported bills in the works in New York state and Illinois would, like the California ballot measure, deny gig workers status as employees, and the workers' compensation, paid family leave, sick pay, unemployment insurance...