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California Judge Strikes Down Uber-Backed ‘Gig Worker’ Law Passed By Voters

By Amir Efrati
· · Source: The Information

In a surprise decision, a California state judge on Friday struck down Proposition 22, a voter ballot initiative passed by a wide margin last fall to give gig workers more benefits without categorizing them as employees. Uber, DoorDash and many other gig-economy companies that bankrolled Prop 22 to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars will now be forced to go back to court to try to...

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