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Companies now actively seek or mention criteria that they were not hiring CA based freelancers.

California's IC laws are a testament to the idea of excessive government overreach creating a mess out of a functional system. At best with good intentions they implemented poorly written laws. Or the cynical view, they implemented a set of laws without genuine concern, simply because these companies were politically beneficial to oppose (the gig economy companies in this case).



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