By now all should be aware of the new employee classification laws challenging California businesses (employee vs. 1099 contractor) effective January 1, 2020, known as AB-5 (Cal. Labor Code §2750.3). AB-5 codified the April 2018 unanimous ruling of the California Supreme Court in the Dynamex case.1 1 Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles (2018) 4 Cal.5th 90. Well, AB-5, or more precisely, Labor Code §2750.3, has been repealed. However, it is not quite time to celebrate. In early September 2020, Governor Newsome signed AB-2257 into law, which came into effect immediately as an “urgency statute”. While
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AB-5 Is Dead, But Don’t Get So Excited
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