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Tag: prop 22

AB 5
Posted inMy Turn

Rely on IRS rules for contract workers, not the ABC test of AB 5

Avatar by Guest Commentary March 19, 2021March 18, 2021

Codifying the ABC test of AB 5 in the PRO Act will increase nationwide unemployment at the worst possible time.

labor
Posted inMy Turn

Pandemic exposes corporations’ true aims: Gig-ifying more jobs

Avatar by Guest Commentary March 8, 2021March 4, 2021
Demonstrators calling for $15 an hour and a union protest at a McDonald's restaurant in downtown Los Angeles in 2016. According to a recent report, California's economic divide has grown wider during the pandemic. Photo by Richard Vogel
Posted inWhatMatters

Governor’s panel: State should help workers unionize, raise wages

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven March 3, 2021March 3, 2021
small business
Posted inMy Turn

It’s time to reform AB 5 to help California’s business climate

Avatar by Guest Commentary February 5, 2021February 4, 2021
The number of people in California hospitals testing positive for the novel coronavirus is soaring. Photo via iStock
Posted inWhatMatters

Restrictions ramp up as California coronavirus hospitalizations soar to new heights

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven November 30, 2020November 30, 2020
Uber and Lyft
Posted inMy Turn

Post-Prop. 22: A different approach toward Uber and Lyft – and ride-hailing

Avatar by Guest Commentary November 18, 2020November 18, 2020
Regal Cinemas in Jack London Square remains closed due to the coronavirus pandemic in Oakland on Sept. 9, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inWhatMatters

A grim coronavirus picture

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven November 16, 2020November 16, 2020
Posted inMy Turn

Citizen’s ballot initiative should belong to citizens – not special interests

Avatar by Guest Commentary November 10, 2020November 13, 2020
Rideshare vehicles at Long Beach Airport, Sept. 19, 2017. Photo by Ringo Chiu, ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News
Posted inEconomy

After gig companies’ Prop. 22 win, labor groups vow challenges

Lauren Hepler by Lauren Hepler November 4, 2020November 5, 2020
A man holds up a sign that says, 'I don't need a job, I just need customers,' during a rally in opposition to AB 5, a bill that would change the way independent contractors are classified by their employers, on July 9, 2019.
Posted inWhatMatters

Uber, Lyft win big victory

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven November 4, 2020November 4, 2020

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