Civil Litigation,
Labor/Employment,
California Supreme Court,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jun. 19, 2019
Bill to codify Dynamex, like the court ruling itself, is an overreach
Assembly Bill 5 at the end of last year, which would codify the Supreme Court’s ABC test and apply in contexts beyond just claims for violation of the IWC Wage Orders to which Dynamex was limited.
Michael H. Leb
Neutral
Leb Dispute Resolutions
Labor & Employment
Phone: (310) 284-8224
Fax: (310) 284-8229
Email: michael@lebdr.com
U Michigan Law School
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Last year, the California Supreme Court's opinion in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court established a new three-pronged test, simply dubbed the "ABC test," to determine whether a worker qualifies as an employee or an independent contractor. Of course, these labels matter because employees are eli...
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