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Supporters of the new rule, including labor unions, have said the change is necessary because of an uptick in the use of contract labor, including workers provided by staffing agencies, in recent years.

Including contract labor under the California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, Act, “risks imposing liability” on employers who “cannot reasonably be expected to know whether their actions will cause job loss for employees of their subcontractors,” Newsom said in his veto statement.

In 2019, the board gave a boost to companies that use contract labor, such as Lyft and Uber, by emphasizing “entrepreneurial opportunity” in determining a worker’s employment status, making organizing harder.

The increase has funded contract labor, higher postage costs and new initiatives like online passport renewal, which the government began testing last year to make it more convenient for existing passport holders to renew their documents.

Amanda Laven says she supported a union at video game developer Blizzard Albany — formerly called Vicarious Visions — to preserve the company’s culture and expand protections for the quality assurance department, which relied on contract labor.