Labor/Employment
Sep. 8, 2020
Bill that loosened some AB 5 restrictions becomes immediate law
The new law expands the types of business contracting relationships that will be subject to the Borello standard for determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor.
A bill that loosens the restrictions of Assembly Bill 5 for journalists, musicians, underwriters, performing artists and a variety of other professionals was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday, following what the bill's author called "robust dialogue over the last year with workers and businesses from every part of the state."
AB 2257, introduced by AB 5's author, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, is an urgency...
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