The growing legal battle over California’s AB 5 legislation that raised the bar for declaring a worker an independent contractor is playing out in two different San Francisco courts that …
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s initial budget proposal included $17.5 million in new funds for the Department of Industrial Relations to implement and enforce the provisions of AB 5 that took effect …
California’s Legislature will have an abbreviated session to conduct the people’s business, and sources say legislators are being warned to limit their asks in light of the tightened timeframes. New …
The Democrat majority – by more than a three-to-one margin [see the votes below] – dashed the last hopes to repeal AB5 for what the Legislative Analyst’s office estimates are …
Legislators rushed to beat last week’s deadline for bill introductions and submitted dozens of measures that could impact California’s workers’ comp system. Over two dozen bills seek to carve out …
Workers’ Comp Executive sat down with State Compensation Insurance Fund President Vern Steiner (see photo) for a one-on-one interview to discuss the quasi-governmental carrier’s current situation and its on-going role …
Assemblyman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), author of the controversial AB 5 legislation that is disrupting numerous industries in California, is now saying via social media that some amendments are in …
A handful of California legislators led a rally on the West Steps of the Capitol last week to show Gov. Newsom and the rest of the Legislature the widespread support …