California passes bill that classifies gig economy workers as employees
For those of you who want to read the bill: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;leginfo.legislature.ca.gov&#x2F;faces&#x2F;billCompareClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB5" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;leginfo.legislature.ca.gov&#x2F;faces&#x2F;billCompareClient.x...</a>.<p>The pertinent part of the bill:<p>2750.3. (a) (1) For purposes of the provisions of this code and the Unemployment Insurance Code, and for the wage orders of the Industrial Welfare Commission, a person providing labor or services for remuneration shall be considered an employee rather than an independent contractor unless the hiring entity demonstrates that all of the following conditions are satisfied:<p>(A) The person is free from the control and direction of the hiring entity in connection with the performance of the work, both under the contract for the performance of the work and in fact.<p>(B) The person performs work that is outside the usual course of the hiring entity’s business.<p>(C) The person is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, or business of the same nature as that involved in the work performed.<p>Of course, there&#x27;s a bunch of exceptions for various professions toward the end.