CBS Los Angeles-
This November, California voters will decide whether drivers for companies such as Uber and Lyft should be classified as freelancers or employees.
Last September, the California Legislature passed the controversial Assembly Bill 5, a law which requires companies who employ gig workers, such as rideshare drivers, to reclassify them as employees, affording them benefits including minimum wage, overtime and unemployment insurance.
An initiative that would overturn specific provisions of AB5, specifically relating to app-based drivers, qualified for the November ballot, the California Secretary of State announced Friday