Category: California
California Bill for Independent Contractor Collective Bargaining Dies
From Contingent Workforce Strategies 3.0, Craig Johnson reports that a bill that would have given freelancers…
San Francisco Demands Uber and Lyft Drivers Get Business Licenses
From Entrepreneur, David Murphy reports that San Francisco is stepping up the enforcement of a requirement…
One Very Good Reason to Make Sure Your Contractor is Licensed
From JDSupra, Garret Murai discusses a case in which a homeowner was liable for damages because a…
Wage & Hour Division Sends Strong Message to Companies Using ICs
The nextSource Blog reports on two cases in which the United States Department of Labor (DOL)…
California Considers Legislation to Let Workers in the Gig Economy Self-Organize
From GovernmentTechnology, Jennifer Van Grove discusses new legislation in California that would allow workers in the gig…
Labor Commissioner Gets San Francisco House Cleaning Workers $50,000 Each in Back
From PR Newswire, the California Labor Commissioner announced a settlement of an investigation in which house…
California Court Rejects Arbitration Agreement for Unconscionability
From JDSupra, Rafael Nendel-Flores and Hanna Raanan discuss a recent case in which the California Court of Appeal said that…
In shadow of Uber HQ, S.F.’s Yellow Cab files for bankruptcy
From Treeangle, Esthi Maharani reports that Yellow Cab in San Francisco filed for bankruptcy, in part, because of…
Lyft pays $12M to settle class action suit with California drivers
From C-Net, Carrie Mihalcik reports that Lyft drivers will remain independent contractors although with some changes to…
Lawsuit filed against XPO for misclassification of port drivers
From LandLine Magazine, Tyson Fisher reports on another lawsuit alleging truck drivers were improperly classified as independent contractors….
Revenooer Rants: Tax court reiterates employee/independent contractor distinction
From the SierraSun, Jeff Quinn shares the details of one court case which concluded that the worker was…
2016 Employment Law Update: A Review Of Recent Developments
From JDSupra, Hopkins & Carley offers their review of 2015 and recommendations for 2016. They review a number of…
