Category: California
California Employment Test Not As Easy as ABC
From The National Law Review, Michael W. Kelly and Gary M. Gansle discuss the recent California decision that introduced a…
San Francisco subpoenas Uber, Lyft on driver classification
From Reuters, Heather Somerville reports that San Francisco’s city attorney has subpoenaed records on how drivers…
California Court of Appeal invalidates employee arbitration clause on basis of exemption to Federal Arbitration Act
From Lexology, Ruth Zadikany, Grant T. Miller, and Richard E. Nowak discuss a recent California case in…
Why Philly employers should pay attention to this California Supreme Court ruling
From the Inquirer, Juliana Feliciano Reyes discusses the recent California decision and how it may affect other employers….
Examining the Dynamex ‘ABC Test’ by Various On-Demand Worker Types
From JDSuipra, , Sean Kingston looks at the recent Dynamex decision in California and applies the new…
Would These Star Wars Characters Be Contractors Or Employees Under The New “ABC” Test?
From JDSupra, Richard Meneghello discusses the new California standard for classifying workers as employees or independent contractors and applies…
The Jig Is Up: California Supreme Court Asserts New Independent Contractor Test Impacting The “Gig Economy” and Companies Engaging Independent Contractors
From The National Law Review, Krista M. Cabrera, Jessica E. Joseph, John L Litchfield, and Kamran Mirrafati discuss California’s decision to…
Independent Contractor Bombshell for California Businesses: California Supreme Court Curtails the Lawful Use of ICs
From JDSupra, Richard Reibstein discusses the California Supreme Court’s decision to adopt the “ABC” test for…
California Adopts Massachusetts Test for Classifying Workers as Independent Contractors
Last week, in Dynamex Operations West Inc. v. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Charles…
Associate Dentist and Dental Hygienist: Employee or independent contractor?
The California Dental Association (CDA) offers guidance on the classification of associates and dental hygienists…
Proposed California Law Would Establish Portable Benefits For Gig Companies And Address Misclassification Issue
From JDSupra, Benjamin Ebbink discusses proposed legislation in California that would create portable benefits for gig workers. Benjamin…
California Federal Court Finds That “Gig Economy” Workers Are Independent Contractors, Not Employees
From the National Law Review, Daniel B. Pasternak discusses the recent decision in the Grubhub cases in which…
