Category: California
Arbitration Agreement Unenforceable in Any Language, California Court Rules
From Lexology, Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP provide an excellent discussion of a recent case in which a…
Legislature Will Not Act This Year To Modernize Labor Laws For ‘Gig Economy’ Companies
From Capital Public Radio, Ben Adler reports that the California legislature will not address the new ABC standard…
Dynamex Decision Should Be Addressed by the Legislature
From Fox & Hounds, Chris Micheli argues that the California legislature should define the standard for classifying a…
Labor Commissioner Cites Nail Salon $1.2 Million for Misclassification and Wage Theft of 36 Workers
From PR Newswire, a report of misclassification of workers in a nail salon in California. OAKLAND,…
State Court Concludes ABC Test Should Be Applied Retroactively
From the Gig Employer Blog, Richard Mengeghello discusses the recent California court ruling that says the new ABC…
Will California’s New Worker Classification Test Be Applied Retroactively? One Judge Says Yes
From the Recorder, Erin Mulvaney reports that one judge says employers need to be looking in their rear view…
Dynamex And the Joint-Employer Standard: What Test Applies?
From JDSupra, Stefanie Renaud discusses the recent California appellate case which said that the new ABC test for…
New ABC Test For Independent Contractors Sends California Employers Reeling
From JDSupra, John Skousen discusses the impact of the recent California court decision in which the court adopted…
Business Groups Appeal to State on Dynamex Decision
From the San Fernando Valley Business Journal, Helen Floersh reports that businesses and trade organizations are asking the…
Dynamex Ripples Continue To Be Felt: 2 Very Recent Developments
From JDSupra, Richard Meneghello reports on two recent developments since the California Supreme Court issued the Dynamex decision….
California Court Rejects “ABC” Test For Joint Employers
From JDSupra, Akasha Perez, Julia Riechert and Kevin Whittaker report that a California court said that the ABC test does not…
The Implications of Dynamex Operations West v. Superior Court: California’s Adoption of the ABC Test for Purposes of the Wage Orders
Via Lexology, William Hays Weissman of Littler Mendelson PC provides an in-depth analysis of the recent California decision that…
