Healthcare, the nation’s fastest-growing industry, could be next in the push for laws to expand gig work.
A measure filed this week with the California attorney general’s office seeks to ask the state’s voters in November to classify nurses, dental hygienists, occupational therapists and other healthcare workers who secure work online or through apps as independent contractors. The proposed measure was submitted by a law firm that worked on Proposition 22, the record-breaking $200 million-plus initiative campaign funded by Uber Technologies Inc. DoorDash Inc. Lyft Inc. and Instacart that allowed those companies to bypass a state law that would have classified their drivers as employees instead of contractors.
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