A California lawmaker who introduced legislation to codify the test created by the state Supreme Court this year to determine who is a contractor said in a statement the bill is necessary to protect workers.
Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, D-San Diego, introduced AB 5 on Dec. 3. The bill would write into state law the so-called “ABC test” that the high court created with its April decision in the Dynamex case. The test would require employers to satisfy all three criteria to properly classify a worker as a contractor:
The worker is free from control and direction of...
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