64% of California’s Independent Workers Now Employees: Report (1)

A new California law turned thousands of independent contractors into employees, including truckers, janitors, and gig workers, according to a University of California Berkeley analysis.

The UC Berkeley Labor Center brief notes that on-demand workers for such companies as Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. who’ve received the majority of attention represent a fraction of workers covered under Assembly Bill 5. A.B. 5 creates a three-part test for determining when someone is an employee or an independent contractor.

About 64% of independent contractors—including janitors, maids, and other cleaners; truck and taxi drivers; and retail, grounds maintenance, and child-care workers—are ...