So, they wanted to hit Uber. Gig economy workers need more protection etc.
Anyone who writes more than 35 pieces a year for a newspaper/magazine has to be an employee, not a freelance. I would thus be an employee of the ASI, CapX, Seeking Alpha and the Washington Examiner. At least.
Thus this on a freelance job offer board:
Additional Note – Due to Assembly Bill No. 5, we are no longer accepting writers from California unless they can provide their LLC and business license.
Artic Systems anyone?
Are you alluding to this?
https://www.ipse.co.uk/ipse-news/news-listing/pcg-4-the-arctic-systems-case.html
Yes, just found and read that myself as also wasn’t familiar. Talk about “The State Is Not Your Friend”. No surprise to read about Dawn Primarolo’s support for the bullying of HMRC, and the underhand methods of Mr G. Brown Esq.
“…underhand and cowardly…”, I should have said.
So California journos reduced to leftie staff writers only?
Talking of regulation, this made me chuckle:
“Josephine Cumbo
@JosephineCumbo
The UK’s financial reglator, the FCA, was fined £2000 by The Pensions Regulator for a non-compliant workplace pension scheme.”
https://twitter.com/JosephineCumbo/status/1221793948991213569?s=20