California Legislature Passes AB 5, What It Means for You

53:01

Michael Krasny

Sep 12, 2019 at

Save Article

Failed to save article

Please try again

Uber and Lyft drivers rally outside Uber headquarters in San Francisco on August 27, 2019 in support of Assembly Bill 5 to become classified employees and receive basic worker's protections. (Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)

On Wednesday, lawmakers passed Assembly Bill 5, which would extend benefits and labor protections to workers in California’s “gig economy.” The bill now awaits Governor Newsom, who endorsed it earlier this month and is expected to sign it. We’ll unpack the details of the bill, who stands to be affected by its requirements and what it means for workers. And we want to hear from you: Will this bill impact you and your work? Share your experience with us.

Guests:

Katie Orr, politics and government reporter, KQED

Veena Dubal, associate professor, UC Hastings College of the Law

Luke Wake, staff attorney, Small Business Legal Center, National Federation of Independent Business

Sponsored

lower waypoint

next waypoint

Rainn Wilson from ‘The Office’ on Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution Erik Aadahl on the Power of Sound in Film KQED Youth Takeover: How Can San Jose Schools Create Safer Campuses?Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Major Homelessness Case Percival Everett’s Novel “James” Recenters the Story of Huck Finn Have We Entered Into a New Cold War Era?KQED Youth Takeover: How Social Media is Changing Political Advertising Death Doula Alua Arthur on How and Why to Prepare for the End How to Create Your Own ‘Garden Wonderland’First Trump Criminal Trial Underway in New York