Labor Commissioner Sues Car Wash for Alleged Misclassification

The Labor Commissioner’s Office filed a lawsuit accusing a gig-economy car wash company in Southern California of misclassifying at least 100 workers as independent contractors. “This is the first lawsuit filed by the Labor Commissioner’s Office to enforce Assembly Bill 5, the 2019 law that requires the application of the ‘ABC test’ to determine if workers in California are employees or independent contractors,” the agency said in a statement. “Under the ABC test, a worker is considered an employee unless they are free from control from the hiring ent...