is then manipulated in a first case to move the wafer on the rotary support until alignment is secured with the fiducial relocated to a predetermined position. The wafer is again picked up by the robot arm for delivery to a further station in predetermined alignment. In a second case the robot arm is operative to pick up the wafer with the known misalignment and correct for such misalignment in delivering the wafer to a subsequent station.
It was with knowledge of the foregoing state of the technology that the present invention has been conceived and is now reduced to practice.A new California state law meant to restrict the gig economy has caused companies like Vox Media to cut jobs for freelancers directly before the holidays.

Business Insider spoke with eight freelancers who said they lost their jobs or were otherwise affected by the new law.

Some freelancers, particularly ones with chronic illness, enjoyed the flexibility of working from home. Others had worked for their employers for more than a decade before the companies fired them.

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Rather than spending the holidays relaxing, Will Griffith had to decide whether he should immediately leave the freelance gig he's had for the past five years or stick around until his contract is terminated in March.

Griffith was one of 200 Vox Media freelancers in California who lost their job