How California Is Paving the Way for Gig Economy Benefits and Insurance Regulation

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Risk & Insurance - Feb 18, 2020

After several years of uncertainty around the status of freelance or “gig” workers in the online economy, a law that took effect on the first of this year in California has put a stake in the ground. Assembly Bill 5 established a specific set of criteria for which workers have to be treated as emplo...

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