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one was a contractor for a company that did content moderation/fact checking on a big tech website. when ab5 was passed they predictably laid off everyone in california.

others include freelance writers, and other online work

Upwork sent around a "Don't worry about AB5" email but I'm not taking chances. Just ended everything with Cali contractors.

yeah i mean frankly speaking it’s just not worth the risk to hire someone from ca given the law. it’s not like ca employees provide anything special over other state’s that would justify paying them more for low skill jobs that can be done remotely

one example https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-12-17/vox-media-...

The only reason we haven't seen other professions being widely decimated by AB5 is because they all lobbied for exemptions which again shows how corrupt this law was.

See the full list here https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/exempt-job-categorie...

Freelance writers, both bloggers as well as longform investigative journalists.