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Presumption Bill Set for Hearing Wednesday

07/24/2020
. Wednesday. The bill by Sen. Jerry Hill D-San Mateo would add to the Labor Code a rebuttable presumption that COVID-19 is compensable for people who contracted the disease at work between March 19 and July 5. Earlier versions of the bill proposed a presumption that would extend beyond the period

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Labor Commissioner Sues Car Wash for Alleged Misclassification

07/14/2020
The Labor Commissioners 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 Commissioners Office to enforce Assembly Bill 5 the 2019 law that

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Senate Passes Bill to Codify Governor's COVID Presumption

06/30/2020
The California Senate passed a bill that would codify the COVID-19 presumption Gov. Gavin Newsom created through an executive order. The Senate on Friday voted 28-11 to pass SB 1159 by Sen. Jerry Hill D-San Mateo. Hill earlier in June amended the bill to add language that mirrors provisions

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San Francisco Top Cop Sues DoorDash Over Misclassification

06/17/2020
Assembly Bill 5 in 2019 requires an employer to prove that a contractor is free from the control and direction in how work is performed is doing work outside the employers usual course of business and is customarily engaged in an independently established trade. Under AB 5 the ABC test went into

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Initiative to Exempt Drivers From AB 5 Qualifies for Ballot

05/27/2020
eligible to be included on Novembers ballot. The initiative would exempt app-based drivers and delivery workers from Assembly Bill 5 which presumes all workers are employees unless the employer rebuts the presumption. The ballot initiative would say app-based workers are independent contractors if

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WCIRB Committee to Talk Potential Costs and Impacts of Newsom's COVID-19 Order

05/11/2020
expenses according to WCIRB. Those figures were based on an analysis of proposed Assembly Bill 664 authored by Assemblymembers Jim Cooper D-Elk Grove and Lorena Gonzalez D-San Diego. AB 664 would create a conclusive presumption that COVID-19 is an occupational disease for firefighters law

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Newsom's Order Creating COVID Presumption Met With Applause, Some Skepticism

05/07/2020
businesses are reopening across California. Employers do not have the ability to safeguard employees or enforce social distancing outside of work. The executive order comes as four bills proposing different levels of presumptive COVID-19 coverage are pending before state lawmakers. Assembly Bill 664

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Amended Bill Proposes Tweaks to Classification Rules for Freelancers

04/30/2020
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 Courts decision in Dynamex. Under the bill freelancers who submit 35 or fewer

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DWC Offers Update on Agency Activities During First Day of Educational Conference

03/06/2020
few legislative changes relevant to workers compensation that were enacted last year. The biggest fish in the legislative pond has been Assembly Bill 5 which codifies how employers must determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor Hauscarriague said. The law uses whats

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Rules Committee Confirms Sweeney

03/05/2020
members had few questions for Sweeney who was reappointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in July 2019. She was asked about the potential impact of Assembly Bill 5 and said she doesnt think the new test to determine whether a worker is an employee or a contractor will have a big impact on the workers

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