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	Podcast:		KQED’s Forum
	Episode:		How Prop. 22 Could Reshape Labor Laws and the Future of Work
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:38:15
	Publish Date:		2020-11-05 10:20:00
	Description:		California voters have approved Proposition 22, the most expensive ballot measure in state history, that will set new labor regulations for a group of delivery and ride-hailing app companies. The measure garnered national attention as a harbinger of how the tech industry could influence labor laws. After the state legislature passed a law last year requiring more workers to be classified as employees instead of contractors, tech executives said they wanted a “third way” of categorizing drivers. But, critics of the proposition say that the deep-pocketed companies effectively did an end-run around state law. We dive into the significance of Prop. 22 in California and beyond.
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