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Civil Litigation,
Labor/Employment,
California Supreme Court

Jul. 18, 2018

Ruling may slow down expanding gig economy

Dynamex throws a major wrench in an employer’s decision to classify workers as independent contractors by making employee status much easier to prove.

Eric B. Kingsley

Partner
Kingsley & Kingsley APC

Labor & Employment

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Email: eric@kingsleylawyers.com

Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA

Eric is the former board chair of the Anti-Defamation League's Los Angeles Region.

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Ruling may slow down expanding gig economy
Dynamex throws a major wrench in an employer's decision to classify workers as independent contractors by making employee status much easier to prove. As a result, it threatens the growing gig economy in California. (Shutterstock)

THIS COLUMN APPEARED IN THE 2018 LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPLEMENT

Putting aside the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis (2018 DJDAR 4705), perhaps the most important case in employment law this year was the California Supreme Court's unanimous decision Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court (2018 DJDAR 3856). Dynamex throws a ma...

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