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Labor/Employment

Nov. 13, 2019

Truckers sue to halt implementation of AB5

The California Trucking Association is seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against provisions enshrined by recently passed Assembly Bill 5, which would force many of its contracted truckers to re-list as benefited employees rather than independent contractors.

The California Trucking Association is seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against provisions enshrined by recently passed Assembly Bill 5, which would force many of its contracted truckers to re-list as benefited employees rather than independent contractors.

The new statute, slated to take effect Jan. 1, relies on a three-pronged ABC test, all of which must be satisfied to determine if workers are independent contractors ...

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