September 25, 2019
New California Law: Workers’ Presumed Status as Employees versus Independent Contractors
Last week Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill No. 5 (AB-5). AB-5 presumes that any person who performs work for a hirer is an employee and not an independent contractor. The presumption created by AB-5 has existed in case law since the California Supreme Court decided Dynamex Operations West Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles, 4 Cal.5th 903 (2018) (Dynamex) in April 2018. AB-5 codifies the Dynamex: … Read More Written by Alyson E. Ackerman