Category: California
AB 5 Update: Joint Employment, Retroactivity, and Implementation Challenges
From Lexology, James A. Paretti, Jr., Bruce J. Sarchet, Michael J. Lotito and Patrick Colin Stokes discuss recent California cases that…
It’s Not Just California with an Employee-Friendly Worker Misclassification Test: Massachusetts was an Early Adopter
From JDSupra, Michelle Roberts Gonzales, David Mitchell, and Jody Newman remind readers that Massachusetts uses the ABC…
California Appellate Court Applies Dynamex Retroactively
From JDSupra, Ross Boughton, Daniel Lyman, and Noah Woo discuss a recent California appellate case in which…
Five FAQs on California’s New Ban on Mandatory Arbitration Agreements
From JDSupra, Jessica Linehan, Pavlina Kochankovska Rafter, Nisha Verma, and Gabrielle Wirth provide terrific answers to questions…
California AB 51 Bans Mandatory Employment Arbitration Agreements
From JDSupra, Robert Friedman, Jessica Marinelli, and Bruce Sarchet discuss AB51, a California bill that bans arbitration…
9th Circuit Puts Brakes on Joint Employment Claims
From JDSupra, Ellen Boshkoff, Kerry Bundy , and Andrew Murphy discuss a recent case in which the…
California Dreaming, California Nightmare – 3 Takeaways From California’s Controversial Independent Contractor Bill Becoming Law
From JDSupra, Robert Cocchia, Cynthia Jackson, Sandra McCandless, Nick Pujji, and Peter Stockburger offer three terrific takeaways…
California Governor Says Gig Unions Are On The Way As He Signs ABC Test Into Law
From Mondaq, Richard R. Meneghello reports that Governor Newsom of California intends to allow gig workers to…
California AB 5’s Author and the Governor Attempt to Clarify Law’s Scope
From Littler Mendelson P.C., Patrick Stokes, Jim Paretti, Michael Lotito and Bruce Sarchet discuss the apparent interpretation…
AB 5 Becomes Law: California Limits the use of Independent Contractors by Employers
From JDSupra, Kelly Scott reports that California’s AB5 was signed by the governor and provides a terrific…
How Much Will AB 5 Really Change California Law?
From The National Law Review, Aaron H. Cole suggests that California’s enactment of AB5 doesn’t change things…
California AB 5: Classifying Employee or Independent Contractor
From The National Law Review, Chris M. Micheli provides an outstanding review of California’s recently enacted AB5…
