The gig (economy) is up: New California law upgrades Lyft, Uber, other app serfs to staff

The Register
Sep 11, 2019, 3:28 pm165 pts
Rules may blow up bug bounty upstarts, too Analysis The California Senate has passed a new gig-economy law that will force app companies like Uber and Lyft to treat their workers as employees, rather than independent contractors.…

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