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Re: Independent contractors and freelancers are employees in California?

Subject: Re: Independent contractors and freelancers are employees in California?
From: Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:16:41 -0700

You are right that this has been brewing for a long time. I am right that the impetus to make the change now came because of rideshare. Without rideshare being targeted for its egregious exploitation of employees, the trucking issue would continue to fester without legislative change.

On 9/12/2019 7:20 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote:

AB5's inspiration was a court decision against a trucking company that
had reclassified all its employees as independent contractors.

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-independent-contract-20180430-story.html

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-08-30/ab5-dynamex-independent-contractors-bill

Companies have been trying to save money by misclassifying employees
as independent contractors far longer than Uber and Amazon have been
in business.

https://www.classaction.com/independent-contractor-misclassification/settlement/

https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/news/hr-magazine/pages/0116-misclassification.aspx

https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/google-contractors-employees-legal-risks-misclassification-california-law.html

On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 7:00 PM Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net> wrote:
On 9/12/2019 6:38 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote:
There's nothing specific about apps in AB5.
It was initiated as a response to app-based employment. The law *cannot*
specifically target "apps." That would be unconstitutional. It can
target how companies treat people who respond to app-based work
assignments. It is also roping in people who benefit from the gig
economy, like truckers who are often prey for unions.
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Independent contractors and freelancers are employees in California?: From: Michael Wyland
Re: Independent contractors and freelancers are employees in California?: From: Lauren
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