California companies wrote their own gig worker law. Now no one is enforcing it

Nearly four years after California voters approved better wages and health benefits for ride-hailing drivers and delivery workers, no one is actually ensuring they are provided. That's according to state agencies, interviews with workers and a review of wage claims filed with the state. The state Industrial Relations Department says it doesn't have jurisdiction anymore due to a California Supreme Court ruling that upheld the law and maintains that gig workers aren't employees. That effectively passes enforcement responsibility to the state attorney general, whose office was noncommittal when asked about its plans. Workers have filed 54 claims related to the law since it went into effect in December 2020. State records show at least 32 are unresolved.