Tag Archives: California

AB5 Set to Disrupt California’s Gig Economy

Peter Buckley – California’s Assembly Bill No. 5 (“AB5”) is set to drastically change the landscape “independent contractors” and “technology companies” operate in. AB5, signed into law by Governor Newsom, went into effect on January 1, 2020. The Bill seeks to prevent companies from misclassifying employees as independent contractors in an attempt to skirt employee […]

Conflict in California: Employing Illegal Immigrants

JOSHUA BERMAN — Gregg Easterbrook, author of the Tuesday Morning Quarterback (“TMQ”) blog on ESPN.com, is a snarky sort of fellow who weaves old movie references and reporting on the “Unified Field Theory of Creep” (the unseasonably early commercial offerings of (mostly) holiday goods) into his digest of the previous weekend’s football analysis. His Week […]