AB 5 Passed Out of Senate as Ninth Circuit Depublishes Vasquez Decision
BY: JOHN V. GIARDINELLI, ATTORNEY AT LAW | OF COUNSEL
ASHLEY A. RICHARDSON, LAW CLERK
Assembly Bill 5 (Gonzalez) has passed out of the Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee, bringing those in the employment industry and employees one step closer to clarity regarding independent contractor status. AB 5 is in response to Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court, wherein the Court created a new “ABC” test as a standard for determining independent contractor status. Pursuant to this test, “a worker is properly considered an independent contractor, to whom a wage order does not apply, only if the hiring entity establishes:
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