Category: California
CA Supreme Court Rules That Employees Cannot Recover Unpaid Wages Through PAGA
From Employment Class Action Blog, Joseph S. Persoff reports on a significant decision by the California Supreme…
CA Supreme Court Continues Its Assault On Arbitration Agreements
From JDSupra, David Faustman discusses a recent case in which the California Supreme Court did not enforce an…
How to Operate in California with Independent Contractors After AB5 Bill Is Signed Into Law
From JDSupra, Richard Reibstein provides an excellent summary of Assembly Bill 5, the bill that incorporates the…
California’s AB5: A Bill Adopting the ABC Test for Classifying Workers as Independent Contractors (with exceptions)
Last year, in Dynamex Operations West Inc. v. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Charles Lee et…
AB5, based on California’s Dynamex court decision, moves one step closer to law
From the Los Angeles Times, Margot Roosevelt, Liam Dillon, and Johana Bhuiyan report that the California bill…
Uber and Lyft Pledge to Support California Ballot Initiative to Keep Drivers as Independent Contractors
From CNBC, Salvador Rodriguez reports that Uber and Lyft are pledging millions of dollars to support a…
EXCLUSIVE: Kamala Harris Is Backing a Bill Giving Uber, Lyft, Postmates Workers New Rights
From Vice, Cameron Joseph reports that Senator Kamala Harris supports AB5, the California bill that adopts the…
AB 5 will end shameful exploitation of gig economy workers
From the Sacramento Bee, Senator Elizabeth Warren supports AB5, the California bill that will adopt the ABC…
Companies Remain In Suspense On AB 5 Independent Contractor Bill
From JDSupra, Kristina Launey and Eric Lloyd provide an update on California’s AB5 Bill that adopts the…
AB 5: The Great California Employment Experiment—A Littler Workplace Policy Institute Report
From JDSupra, Sophia Behnia, Jacqueline Kalk, Michael Lotito, Alexander MacDonald, Tammy McCutchen, and Stephen Melnick prepared a…
‘Similar to Lyft or Uber’: California Judge Rules Interpreters Are Not Employees in IU Case
From Slator, Marion Marking reports that the interpreters were found to be independent contractors in California. Marion…
9th Circuit Asks California High Court When Independent-Contractor Test Applies
From the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Lisa Nagele-Piazza, J.D., SHRM-SCP discusses the Ninth Circuit Court…
