Re:Uber and Lyft ordered by California judge to classify dri...
by ghaff on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @08:22AM
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Yes, a number of freelance writers I know, many of whom have been happily doing it for decades, were very unhappy about the California law.
Jason Snell, a long time editor of Macworld, was let go years ago and decided to do podcasting and blogging full time, but he still wanted to do freelance writing. The new laws passed in California made it more difficult.
The only reason the gig economy is bad is because we have an ass backwards system where your health insurance, unemployment insurance, etc is tied to your employer.