ALBANY—New York state lawmakers said they had concerns about the phrasing of a new California law intended to reclassify contract workers for app-based companies as traditional employees, as they prepare their own gig-economy legislation. Assemblyman Marcos Crespo, a Democrat from the Bronx who chairs the chamber’s Labor Committee, said during a Thursday hearing that California’s new law exempts many professions and has prompted legal challenges. Ride-hailing companies including Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. are backing...

Source: Wall Street Journal December 05, 2019 23:26 UTC