This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Letters,
Labor/Employment

Oct. 1, 2019

AB 5 language will cause unexpected disruption

Whether or not Assembly Bill 5 was really aimed only at the “gig economy,” its absurdly broad language will cause widespread and unexpected disruption of non-business dealings.

David Amkraut

See more...

Whether or not Assembly Bill 5 was really aimed only at the "gig economy," its absurdly broad language will cause widespread and unexpected disruption of non-business dealings. [Ron Zambrano, "AB 5: Time to get Uber it and move on," Sept. 24]. Want to hire the teenager next door to babysit your child for an evening? AB 5 turns such teens into "employees" as a matter of law. The parties cannot show that the par...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up