California Supreme Court Upholds Ballot Measure Concerning App-Based Drivers

( July 26, 2024, 1:50 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — California Business and Professions Code Section 7451, which was enacted by voters through Proposition 22 and dictates that app-based drivers are independent contractors and thus not covered by the state’s workers’ compensation laws does not conflict with the state’s constitution as “the latter provision does not preclude the electorate from exercising its initiative power to legislate on matters affecting workers’ compensation,” a unanimous California Supreme Court ruled July 25....

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