Amended Bill Proposes Tweaks to Classification Rules for Freelancers

Most freelance photographers and journalists would be exempted from California’s ABC test of employee status if they work under a contract and don’t replace an existing employer under a recently amended bill. Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, amended Assembly Bill 2257 on Tuesday to propose the changes in classifying freelance photographers and journalists. Gonzalez was the author of AB 5, the 2019 bill that codified the three-part test from the state Supreme Court’s decision in Dynamex. Under the bill, freelancers who submit 35 or fewer photographs or stories...