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Truckers Petition U.S. Supreme Court To Reverse Appellate Court Decision, Remain Exempt From AB 5 Law

August 10, 2021 11:10 amAugust 12, 2021 2:20 pm

The California Trucking Association (CTA) announced Monday that they had filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to go over California’s AB 5 contractor law and argue that they should remain exempt due to federal protections. Assembly Bill 5,...

AB 5 First Amendment Lawsuit Expects Response From State AG This Week

July 12, 2021 3:08 pm

The state of California is expected to file a response to a lawsuit filed by Oxnard resident Aaron Starr alleging that AB 5 violates First Amendment freedom of speech protection sometime this week, pushing forward the suit that may further...

Prop. 22 SEIU Lawsuit Should be Rejected by Courts

January 24, 2021 11:12 amJanuary 25, 2021 5:37 pm

With the adoption of Proposition 22 by 58% of California voters on November 3, a new employment designation was created in California law for “app-based drivers.” Prop. 22 was placed on the ballot after Assembly Bill 5 was passed in 2019...

Repeal AB 5: Innovation is Key to Recovery

April 30, 2020 3:08 pmApril 30, 2020 3:22 pm

Millions of Californians have filed for unemployment since the Governor’s March “shelter in place” order, and experts warn the state unemployment fund will be insolvent in two weeks or less if some sort of corrective action is not taken. One...

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Senator Moorlach’s SB 990 Would Suspend Freelance Job Killer Assembly Bill 5

April 20, 2020 3:42 pm

Independent contracting allows workers freedom and control of how and when they work. Many say under AB 5, their liberty and freedom has been taken away. Since Assembly Bill 5 became law January 1, 2020, millions of freelance and...

More Than 150 Ph.D. Economists and Political Scientists Call for Gov. Newsom to Suspend AB 5 and Re-Open the Economy

April 16, 2020 1:57 pmApril 16, 2020 1:57 pm

Following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s tweet that “SCIENCE — not politics — must be California’s guide” in its economic recovery, more than 150 California economists and professors sent the Governor an open letter calling on him to suspend AB 5. However, at...

Gov. Newsom Still Won’t Suspend AB 5, Even as it Continues to Kill Independent Healthcare Jobs

April 1, 2020 5:45 pmApril 1, 2020 5:45 pm

“If AB 5 is not immediately suspended then the consequences of the coronavirus collapse will be magnified,” former Congressman Doug Ose said in a letter to California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently. “Your action now to suspend AB5 will provide relief...