By Angie Schmitt Sep 13, 2019 The California legislature this week took a step that could have huge (likely positive) implications for urban transportation both locally and nationally: It passed a law requiring that Uber and Lyft classify drivers as employees — not as independent contractors, as the companies do now. The decision to treat […]
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Greg Bishop The Center Square Published Wednesday, September 11, 2019 Although admitting it is a long shot, a Republican lawmaker plans to push legislation that would pull back the reins on the state’s upcoming minimum wage increase. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a minimum wage increase as one of his first acts earlier this year after
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FOX 85° News Weather Entertainment Sports Community Contests More Morgan adds $374k to minimum wage effort Posted Sep 10 2019 07:38PM EDT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (NSF) – Orlando attorney John Morgan plowed another $374,000 last month into a proposed constitutional amendment that would raise the minimum wage in Florida, as the effort gets close to meeting
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Anthony Salamone By ANTHONY SALAMONE THE MORNING CALL | SEP 10, 2019 At Allentown rally, supporters of $15-an-hour minimum wage say they’re “tired of hearing excuses” Advocates for raising Pennsylvania’s minimum wage held a rally Tuesday, Sept. 10, outside the Lehigh County Government Center in Allentown. (Anthony Salamone / The Morning Call) People ask John
September 7, 2019 California is in the final stretch of its bid to regulate the gig economy. On Aug. 30, the state’s Senate Appropriations Committee cleared Assembly Bill 5, moving it a crucial step closer to becoming state law. It is now widely expected the bill, known as AB5, will pass a full Senate vote
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