This bill restores job flexibility and helps California small businesses by repealing AB 5 (2019), which forced the reclassification of independent contractors as employees. AB 522 also eliminates the abusive Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), ending frivolous lawsuits that enrich lawyers and devastate small employers. Additionally, the bill increases transparency and accountability in labor unions by requiring annual membership cost disclosures, decertifying underperforming unions, and banning union activity during paid work hours.
