A federal district court judge says that AB 5’s business-to-business exemption does not apply to a delivery driver’s relationship with one of the app-based delivery services. The same court also found that the driver, Raef Lawson, was an employee of Grubhub, not an independent contractor because the company could not meet Part B of the …
State and federal courts gave a boost to the legal fights gig economy companies are waging against California’s ABC test for differentiating between independent contractors and employees. A state court of appeal revived the industry-backed initiative to create an exception to keep app-based delivery drivers classified as independent contractors. Then, the Ninth Circuit Court of …
After failing to get the “ProAct” – the federal version of Califonia’s AB 5 – through Congress, the Biden Administration has tacked left and is attempting an end run using the Department of Labor. Whether or not it will fly depends in part upon the outcome of November’s election, how Congress chooses to deal with …