Call or email us anytime
(805) 484-0333
Search Guide
Today is Tuesday, May 14, 2024 -

SEARCH RESULTS

283 Results

AB 5 Author Wants to Eliminate Cap on Freelance Journalists, AP Says

03/02/2020
The author of Californias controversial Assembly Bill 5 says she wants to amend the law by removing a cap on how many assignments freelance journalists can take according to a report by the Associated Press. Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez D-San Diego said

Category: News

State Fund Launches AB 5 Resource Center

02/28/2020
State Compensation Insurance Fund added information to its website to help employers determine how to classify their workers under Californias new employee status test. Gov. Gavin Newsom in October signed Assembly Bill 5 codifying the ABC test from the state Supreme Courts 2018 Dynamex

Category: News

Proponents of Ballot Measure Say Support Growing to Repeal AB 5

02/27/2020
of the initiative said it will maintain the ability of app-based rideshare and delivery workers to choose flexible work as independent contractors which they claim was deprived by Assembly Bill 5. The 2019 bill by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez D-San Diego created a presumption that workers are

Category: News

Advocates Expect 'Standard' Legislative Session for Comp; Reforms to Come Later

02/26/2020
any action until April when committees start hearing testimony and voting on bills introduced in their chambers. About three-dozen bills that could impact workers compensation were introduced ahead of Fridays deadline including more than 20 that aim to amend the controversial Assembly Bill 5

Category: News

Measure Proposes to Exempt Translators, Interpreters From AB 5

01/23/2020
set forth in the 1989 state Supreme Court decision S.G. Borello & Sons v. Department of Industrial Relations. Assembly Bill 5 which took effect at the start of the year adopted the ABC test for many employment relationships in the state. The test presumes that a worker is an employee unless the

Category: News

Bills Propose to Exempt Newspaper Distributors, Freelance Writers From AB 5

01/22/2020
that went into effect at the start of the year to determine whether theyre employees or contractors. Assembly Bill 5 by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez D-San Diego adopted the ABC test from the state Supreme Courts 2018 decision in Dynamex as the method for determining who is a contractor. The

Category: News

Bill Would Ditch Dynamex Test for Borello

01/17/2020
The old test to determine whether a California worker is an employee would replace the new test that went into effect at the start of the year under recently introduced legislation. Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez Assembly Bill 1928 would repeal Labor Code and other statutory provisions

Category: News

DIR: Amendments to AB 5 Increase Implementation Costs

01/16/2020
Amendments made to Assembly Bill 5 in the closing days of the 2019 legislative session that added new exemptions for specified industries increased by nearly 700 first-year implementation costs for the California Department of Industrial Relations. The difference between earlier versions of

Category: News

Budget Proposes $20M to Implement AB 5 , Including $17.5M for DIR

01/13/2020
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed allocating more than 20 million to implement the new employee status test required by Assembly Bill 5 an amount nearly four times what legislative consultants projected in first-year costs. AB 5 by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez D-San Diego

Category: News

Judge Rules Delay Doomed Freelancers' Bid for Injunction in AB 5 Case

01/10/2020
and the National Press Photographers Association filed with the federal court for Central California a complaint Dec. 17 arguing that Assembly Bill 5 violates the First Amendment right to a free press. They filed a motion for a preliminary injunction currently set for a March 9 hearing on Dec. 20

Category: News

Start | < Previous | 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | Next > | End

Advertisements

Upcoming Events

  • May 13-15, 2024

    NCCI's Annual Insights Symposi

    Join us May 13–15, 2024, for NCCI's Annual Insights Symposium (AIS) 2024, the industry’s premier e …

  • May 13-14, 2024

    CSIA Announces the 2024 Annual

    The Board of Managers is excited to announce that the CSIA 2024 Annual Meeting and Educational Con …

  • May 22-23, 2024

    San Diego Elevate Workers' Com

    About #ELEVATEWORKCOMP This annual event is all about championing the cause to improve Workers’ C …

Workers' Compensation Events

Social Media Links


WorkCompCentral
c/o Business Insurance Holdings, Inc.
PO Box 1010
Greenwich, CT 06836
(805) 484-0333