Category: ABC

Posted in ABC California

Independent Contractors Denied Class Action Status Under the Dynamex ABC Test 

From JDSupra, Alison Tsao discusses a California Court of Appeal’s case in which the court did not…

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The PRO Act Does not Need a Fix to Protect Freelancers like Me, but the Worker Flexibility Act Might

From Daily Kos, CanAmLefty argues that the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (the “PRO Act”) only…

Posted in ABC Alabama

PRO Act And ABC Test: No One Knows What The Effects Will Be

From Forbes, Erik Sherman provides an outstanding discussion of the possible effects of the Protecting the Right to…

Myth and reality
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FAQs, Myths & Facts About Anti-Independent Contractor Laws and the ABCs

The American Society of Journalists and Authors discusses the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (the “PRO…

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No, The PRO Act Wouldn’t “Kill” Freelancing 

From Labor Law Lite, Brandon Magner discusses the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (the “PRO Act”)…

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Employer-Friendly Independent Contractor Test is on the Chopping Block

From JDSupra, Meredith Dante, Jessica Federico and Mary O’Brien discuss the United States Department of Labor’s (“DOL”)…

Posted in ABC Arbitration

PRO Act Would Upend U.S. Labor Laws for Non-Union and Unionized Employers Alike

From JDSupra, Maury Baskin, Kevin Burke, Michael Lotito, and Alan Model discuss some of the key provisions…

Posted in ABC Arbitration

A Resurrected PRO Act Could Pay Dividends For Big Labor This Time Around

From JDSupra, Steven Bernstein and Todd Lyon discuss the key aspects of the Protecting the Right to…

Posted in ABC Massachusetts

MA: Workers, Without Whom Company Would Cease to Exist, Are Not Outside the Usual Course of Company’s Business

From JDSupra, Richard Reibstein reports on a Massachusetts case in which the court applied Massachusetts’ ABC test…

Posted in ABC California

Worker Classification “ABC Test” is Retroactive, Per CA Supreme Court 

From JDSupra, Monte Grix discusses the recent case by the California Supreme Court that said that the…

Posted in ABC California

Driving in Reverse? Uber/Lyft Drivers Seek to Undo California’s Proposition 22

From JDSupra, Jack Schaedel and Jamin Xu discuss a challenge to California’s Proposition 22 which was a…

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California Supreme Court Answers The Ninth Circuit: Dynamex Applies Retroactively 

From JDSupra, James Carter and Kelli Winkle discuss the California Supreme Court’s decision to apply retroactively the…