I feel bad for the drivers that are being taken advantage of, but AB5 was a terribly written law with good intentions (aren't they all?).
The big companies they were obviously targeting have the resources to get around it, but in the meantime it killed independent journalism in the state, as an example.
I know a few journalists who can no longer work in CA, despite liking the system they had. The publications won't touch them for fear of violating AB5.
There are lots of other folks in CA who like being contractors who are finding it much harder now, because the people hiring them are afraid of running afoul of AB5 but also can't afford to hire them as employees.
They really need to scrap AB5 and rewrite it, now that they've seen how much it missed the mark.
AB5 has had a chilling effect on 1099 work in California.
The big companies they were obviously targeting have the resources to get around it, but in the meantime it killed independent journalism in the state, as an example.
I know a few journalists who can no longer work in CA, despite liking the system they had. The publications won't touch them for fear of violating AB5.
There are lots of other folks in CA who like being contractors who are finding it much harder now, because the people hiring them are afraid of running afoul of AB5 but also can't afford to hire them as employees.
They really need to scrap AB5 and rewrite it, now that they've seen how much it missed the mark.
AB5 has had a chilling effect on 1099 work in California.