Will California Legislate Fairness for Gig Workers?
The battle for the gig economy’s future is underway in California. The fight is over a proposed...
May 19th 2022
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The battle for the gig economy’s future is underway in California. The fight is over a proposed...
Last week, a coalition of 75 professors from across the country sent a letter to California lawmakers in support of AB5. AB5, which will soon be voted on in the California Senate, codifies the legal standard articulated in Dynamex v. Superior Court (2018) and extends it to all California employment laws. In Dynamex, the Court created a presumption of employee status and set forth a simplified legal standard (“ABC” test) for an entity attempting to classify workers as independent contractors.
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David Streitfeld has a great story in the NYT this morning about life as an Uber driver and the...