Labor/Employment,
Government,
California Supreme Court
Sep. 24, 2019
AB 5: Time to get Uber it and move on
The reports of Uber’s death, to paraphrase Mark Twain, are greatly exaggerated. When Governor Newsom signed AB 5 into law, he completely changed the state’s worker classification landscape. The newly paved road will undoubtedly be both painful and costly for companies that weren’t expressly exempted from the Dynamex analysis, but their way will be smoothed if gig industries and the state are willing to negotiate a compromise that works for both employers and employees.
Ronald L. Zambrano
Employment Litigation Chair
West Coast Employment Lawyers
Phone: 213-927-3700
Email: ron@westcoasttriallawyers.com
Ron chairs the firm's Employment Litigation Department.
The reports of Uber's death, to paraphrase Mark Twain, are greatly exaggerated. When Gov.Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 5 into law, he completely changed the state's worker classification landscape. The newly paved road will undoubtedly be both painful and costly for companies that weren't expressly exempted from the Dynamex analysis, but their way will be smoothed if gig industries and the state are willing to negotiate a compromise tha...
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