Expanded tests for CA independent contractors

On September 18, California Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 5 into law. The law expands the use of the “ABC test” to determine if workers in California are employees or independent contractors.

Read more: https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/faq_independentcontractor.htm

Under the ABC test, a worker is presumed to be an employee unless the company proves that the worker:

• • (A) Is free from the control and direction of the company in performing work, both practically and in the contractual agreement between the parties; and
  • (B) Performs work that is outside the usual course of the company’s business; and
  • (C) Is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, or business of the same nature as the work performed for the company.

Read more: https://www.dwt.com/blogs/employment-labor-and-benefits/2019/09/california-ab5-employment-law