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Labor/Employment

Dec. 18, 2018

2018 in labor law is a tale of two court systems

A year of major worker-friendly rulings in California courts and pro-employer ones from the federal bench are the latest chapter in the story of an ever growing legal gap between the two bodies of law, attorneys on both sides say.

2018 in labor law is a tale of two court systems
Kevin F. Ruf of Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP argued for the winning plaintiffs in Dynamex, in which the state high court instituted a worker-presumptive test for independent contractors that has been called nearly impossible to satisfy.

A year of major worker-friendly rulings in California courts and pro-employer ones from the federal bench are the latest chapter in the story of an ever-growing legal gap between the two bodies of law, attorneys on both sides say.

"I've been seeing this trend not only in litigation and judicial decisions, but also in legislative activity. We have a dichotomy between the federal system and California. A lot of decisions have been pro-...

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