California law threatens newspaper business
California Assembly Bill 5, intended to improve the working conditions of gig workers, poses a serious threat to the news industry. The California Supreme Court ruled in 2018 that for workers to be classified as independent contractors, they could not provide services “central to a company’s core business.” If the bill passed, about 400,00 workers, including newspaper carriers, would be reclassified as employees. (Los Angeles Times, August 30, 2019, by Margot Roosevelt, Liam Dillon and