Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility
California Destroys $1 Trillion Gig Economy With New Law
Opinion
By Opinion
Published 5 years ago on
November 1, 2019

Share

[aggregation-styles]

California isn’t shy when it comes to making the daily headlines. Often heralded as a progressive utopia, the Golden State recently signed into law Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), which will change the landscape of the gig worker economy. Stemming from the groundbreaking court decision established in Dynamex West Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles, the California Supreme Court found Dynamex’s workers were misclassified as independent contractors rather than employees.
In a unique twist, the court shifted the burden to the nationwide courier and delivery service to prove their drivers were not employees by using the “ABC test.” Under this new test, an individual is presumed to be an employee, unless the employer can prove all of the following…

Read More →

RELATED TOPICS:

DON'T MISS

Fresno Man Used Popular Game ‘Among Us’ to Exploit Minor Pled Guilty

DON'T MISS

Fresno Nonprofit CEO Sandra Celedon Files to Run for Assembly

DON'T MISS

Ontario Slaps 25% Tax Increase on Electricity Exports to US in Response to Trump’s Trade War

DON'T MISS

Bakersfield Man Who Made Bomb Found Near Community Pool Pleads Guilty

DON'T MISS

Fresno City Attorney Janz Launches Probe Into Attack Campaign Mailer

DON'T MISS

New Atmospheric River Expected to Boost Sierra Snowpack

DON'T MISS

Fresno Police Arrest Two and Seize 15 Firearms in Gang-Related Investigation

DON'T MISS

The Populist vs. the Billionaire: Bannon, Musk and the Battle Within MAGA

DON'T MISS

LA District Attorney Says He Won’t Support Resentencing the Menendez Brothers

DON'T MISS

Study Tells CA Legislators to Declare War on Red Tape. Will They Do It?

UP NEXT

Rise of the Anti-“Woke” Democrat

UP NEXT

High-Level Saudi Visit Follows Multimillion-Dollar Foreign Influence Operation

UP NEXT

Iran and Russia Move to Fill Diplomatic Vacuum in Afghanistan

UP NEXT

Pelosi’s Husband Locked In $5.3 Million From Alphabet Options

UP NEXT

Experts Reportedly See Major Damage in Attack on Iran Centrifuge Plant

UP NEXT

Opinion: School Choice Marches Ahead

UP NEXT

Zakaria: Americans Care About History Because the Stakes Are High

UP NEXT

California Democrats Are Reliably Pro-Labor. But One Union Is Testing Their Patience.

UP NEXT

The Tightrope Walk Democrats Have Ahead on Two Separate Infrastructure Bills

UP NEXT

Bill Barr on Trump’s Election Fraud Claims: “It Was All Bullsh*t”

Bakersfield Man Who Made Bomb Found Near Community Pool Pleads Guilty

12 hours ago

Fresno City Attorney Janz Launches Probe Into Attack Campaign Mailer

12 hours ago

New Atmospheric River Expected to Boost Sierra Snowpack

12 hours ago

Fresno Police Arrest Two and Seize 15 Firearms in Gang-Related Investigation

14 hours ago

The Populist vs. the Billionaire: Bannon, Musk and the Battle Within MAGA

15 hours ago

LA District Attorney Says He Won’t Support Resentencing the Menendez Brothers

16 hours ago

Study Tells CA Legislators to Declare War on Red Tape. Will They Do It?

16 hours ago

Visalia Men Arrested for Homicide After Deadly Attack at Apartment Complex

16 hours ago

Visalia Head-On Crash Kills One, Leaves One Injured

16 hours ago

Washington Post Columnist Quits After Her Opinion Piece Criticizing Owner Is Rejected

16 hours ago

Fresno Man Used Popular Game ‘Among Us’ to Exploit Minor Pled Guilty

A Fresno man pleaded guilty Monday to sexually exploiting a minor, admitting he coerced a 15-year-old in Missouri into sending explicit imag...

11 hours ago

11 hours ago

Fresno Man Used Popular Game ‘Among Us’ to Exploit Minor Pled Guilty

12 hours ago

Fresno Nonprofit CEO Sandra Celedon Files to Run for Assembly

People wave flags and hold signs during a protest outside of the U.S embassy in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)
12 hours ago

Ontario Slaps 25% Tax Increase on Electricity Exports to US in Response to Trump’s Trade War

12 hours ago

Bakersfield Man Who Made Bomb Found Near Community Pool Pleads Guilty

12 hours ago

Fresno City Attorney Janz Launches Probe Into Attack Campaign Mailer

12 hours ago

New Atmospheric River Expected to Boost Sierra Snowpack

Fresno police arrested two suspects, Jesus Cardenas, 26, and Frank Alvarez, 40, and seized 15 firearms during a long-term investigation into illegal firearm manufacturing and trafficking, with two suspects still at large. (Fresno PD)
14 hours ago

Fresno Police Arrest Two and Seize 15 Firearms in Gang-Related Investigation

15 hours ago

The Populist vs. the Billionaire: Bannon, Musk and the Battle Within MAGA

Help continue the work that gets you the news that matters most.

Search

Send this to a friend