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Tag: “ABC” test

9th U.S. Circuit Court Of Appeals Rules Against Uber, Postmates

June 10, 2024   12:45 pm
A revived legal challenge against California’s AB 5 employee classification law by Uber and Postmates was rejected by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco in Monday, becoming the latest loss by companies in trying to reign...
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SFC Columnist Asks ‘Why Not Ignore Private Sector Concerns and let Government Take Over Gig Economy?’

January 31, 2024   2:55 amJanuary 31, 2024   2:56 am
Soleil Ho (they/them) of the San Francisco Chronicle asks, Why not make the Gig economy a public utility? “Labor activists say gig work is unjust; disability advocates say services such as DoorDash, Instacart, Uber and Lyft are essential to independence,”...
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No, Kamala – She’s Still Acting

August 13, 2023   9:15 amAugust 13, 2023   9:24 am
On Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris decided to put her own spin on the constitution, declaring that she will not refer to Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su as “Acting” anymore. Su is deemed “acting” because the Senate – of...
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California State Assembly in Session

AB 5 Was Repealed and the Legislature Didn’t Create the Problem

February 28, 2023   2:54 pmFebruary 28, 2023   2:55 pm
Did this 2-part headline get your attention? When did the Legislature repeal AB 5? And, how did the Legislature not create the problem? As a self-professed “legislative geek,” I wanted to set the record straight about AB 5 and worker...
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AB 1561 Makes Important Changes to California’s ABC Test for Independent Contractors

September 30, 2021   7:28 pmSeptember 30, 2021   8:02 pm
On September 30, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 1561 (Labor and Employment Committee), which amends four provisions of AB 2257 (Gonzalez, 2020 Session), which is California’s law on the proper classification of independent contractors and the...
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Applying Dynamex Retroactively Is Fundamentally Unfair

September 22, 2021   4:05 pmSeptember 22, 2021   5:07 pm
With this week’s federal appellate court decision, we can clearly see the fundamental unfairness of the retroactive application of the California Supreme Court’s Dynamex decision on classifying workers as employees or independent contractors. On Monday, September 20, the U.S. Court...
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In Defense of AB 5

April 7, 2021   2:30 amApril 6, 2021   7:00 pm
While I am not a fan of California’s approach to the classification of workers in this state, I feel an obligation to correct the misunderstanding that continues to be perpetuated about AB 5 and its impact on independent contractors. AB...
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