Newspapers seek lawmaker help to delay AB 5 labor rules

Newspaper publishers are backing a bill making its way through the California legislature that will buy the industry more time before the state’s controversial Assembly Bill 5 forces big changes to longstanding delivery practices.
AB 5, signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2019, is upending the gig economy, forcing companies to recategorize ride-hailing drivers and many independent contractors as employees. The law codifies a 2018 ruling by the state’s Supreme Court that said