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To keep app-based gig workers classified as independent contractors, a platform's written contract no longer has to let both sides end it without cause; it may instead give that right to the worker alone, for contracts or addenda entered into on or after the law's effective date.
Official title: qualified marketplace contractors; employment
- September 12, 2026
- Applies to contracts or addenda entered into on or after the effective date: Contracts and addenda between qualified marketplace contractors and platforms
What changes
BeforeFor a qualified marketplace contractor to be treated as an independent contractor, the written contract had to allow either party to end it without cause at any time on reasonable notice.
NowThe contract may allow ending it without cause at any time on reasonable notice by either party, where the contract expressly provides for that, or it may allow the qualified marketplace contractor alone to end it at any time on reasonable notice.
Who it affects
- People and businesses who provide services through app or website platforms as qualified marketplace contractors (not freight or package delivery)
- Companies that run qualified marketplace platforms
What you need to do
Nothing.
What the law doesn't answer
- Whether platforms must update existing contracts signed before the effective date
- What counts as "reasonable notice"
- Whether a platform may still end a contract for cause when only the contractor has a without-cause termination right
This summary describes the law as enacted. Later laws, court rulings or referendum petitions can change the picture. Check the official text for the current wording.