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To: grundle
Alison needs a lesson in "journalism".

What the hell IS AB5?

I infer it was the minimum wage bill, but all she had to do was insert in parentheses, just once at the beginning, "AB5 (The Minimum Wage bill)"...

11 posted on 12/30/2025 5:12:40 AM PST by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: grobdriver

California’s AB5 (Assembly Bill 5) is a 2019 law that makes it harder for companies to classify workers as independent contractors, forcing them to treat many as employees, especially in the gig economy (like Uber, Lyft) and trucking, by using the “ABC test” to determine worker status for benefits like minimum wage, overtime, and paid leave, significantly impacting many industries and sparking debate over worker rights versus business flexibility.


13 posted on 12/30/2025 6:22:47 AM PST by DugwayDuke (Most pick the expert who says the things they agree with.)
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