> No it won't. Who exactly will it help? Converting someone to an employee doesn't magically change their income. Contractors will be helped in many fields and

> No it won't. Who exactly will it help? Converting someone to an employee doesn't magically change their income. Contractors will be helped in many fields and industries. Outside of writing and development/technology, most contractors are messed with and not given their fair shake. This will change that. > The only difference is now there is a lack of flexibility: An employee needs a certain number of hours, all the benefits are based on it. If it is too tight laws can be adjusted. The point is it will help more that it will hurt. You can still be a contractor in California that doesn't have to sign a non-compete, which is worth more than anything to a contractor. > This law only has downsides. It will help exactly no one. Are you speaking from a contractor viewpoint or business? The contractor/labor/worker viewpoint greatly is improved with leverage. Companies have to be more careful with contractor classifications for people that don't want it. If someone wants to work part-time and deny all benefits that is fine. Yes there are things like insurance and more paperwork but you don't think people will innovate and create products to make that easy in California. This is an opportunity. This is California, without non-competes, where competition and innovation happens, and there is still some leverage on the labor/worker side of the equation. Big businesses hate that so California is incessantly attacked by corporate and authoritarian powers that be. America still has one state fighting for labor, California.