California has amended its independent contractor law to make more jobs and professions exempt from the “ABC” test that AB 5 codified last year. Governor Newsom signed the amendment into law on September 4, 2020. It becomes...more
AB 5’s elimination of independent contracting as we know it in California will have significant legal consequences for businesses doing business in California. While we believe board directors will escape its reach,...more
The California legislature has now passed AB 5 and, if Governor Gavin Newsom signs the bill into law as expected, California will effectively ban nearly all categories of independent contractors – not just gig economy...more
9/13/2019
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This week, the California Supreme Court rejected the old “totality of circumstances” test to determine if a worker was properly classified as an independent contractor in favor of a new “ABC test” under which employers will...more
If you tuned in to my appearance a few months ago on Bloomberg Law Radio, you heard me bemoaning our legal system’s failure to catch up with the gig economy.
For those of you who don’t know, the term “gig economy” (also...more