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Dynamex Wage Orders Employee Definition

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California Rules 'ABC' Independent Contractor Test Applies Retroactively

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In Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court 4 Cal. 5th 903 (2018), the California Supreme Court held that any individual who performs work for a person or entity is presumed to be an employee who falls within the...more

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InterConnect FLASH! No. 81 - California Supreme Court Affirms that the Dynamex “ABC Test” for Independent Contractor...

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On January 14, 2021, the California Supreme Court in Vasquez v. Jan-Pro Franchise International, Inc. held that the three-part “ABC” test previously set forth in Dynamex Operations West Inc. v. Superior Court also applies...more

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California Supreme Court Finds that Dynamex Decision Regarding the Standard for Worker Classification Applies Retroactively

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Employers have continued to feel the impact of the 2018 California Supreme Court decision in Dynamex Operations West Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County, 4 Cal.5th 903 (2018). Today, the California Supreme Court in...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Back to the Joint Employer: Having Changed the Classification Test for Independent Contractors, Will the California Legislature...

As reported... California recently enacted new legislation – Assembly Bill 5 – that expanded the scope of an “employee” under state law. Beginning January 1, 2020, the answer to whether a person providing services in...more

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Has California Made Directors Employees?

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On September 18, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 5 into law effective January 1, 2020.  This legislation is intended to make it more likely that a worker will be classified as an employee. It effects this...more

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Out of the Frying Pan: California’s New Contractor Law Answers Some Questions, Creates Many More

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On September 18, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that attempts to settle some of the ambiguity that remained surrounding the California Supreme Court’s decision in Dynamex and its “ABC Test.”...more

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InterConnect FLASH! No 75 - Gov. Signs Bill Expanding Stranglehold on IC’s in CA: What Now in California?

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the recently passed Assembly Bill 5 (“AB-5”) codifying the Dynamex decision relating to the classification of independent contractors/employees in California and further “clarifying the...more

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California Governor Signs AB 5

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California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed AB 5, and the new law will take effect January 1, 2020. As discussed in our September 13 Alert, AB 5 codifies the existing “ABC Test” that was set forth by the California Supreme...more

Allen Matkins

California Enacts Another Risk Factor

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On September 18, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 5, a bill dealing with the classification of workers as employees or independent contractors. It will probably come as no surprise that the bill intended to make it more likely...more

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Companies Doing Business in California Must Examine the Status of Persons Working as Independent Contractors Due to New...

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There may soon be a fair number of big-rig trucks for sale in California, as well as computers, desks, and other material investments of persons who determine that they may no longer offer their services as independent...more

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California Codifies Dynamex – Now What?

On September 18, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill (“AB”) 5, thereby codifying the California Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Lee. This represents the...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

California’s AB5 Codifies Stricter Rules for Independent Contractors – What Employers Need to Know

On September 18, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law AB5, codifying the ABC test for distinguishing employees from independent contractors and expanding its application beyond California’s Wage Orders....more

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[Podcast]: Worker Classification after Dynamex, Not as Simple as ABC

In its 2018 decision in Dynamex Operations West v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County, the California Supreme Court upended decades of precedent by setting out a new, stringent, three-factor test to determine proper worker...more

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