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Labor/Employment

Jan. 14, 2020

Trucking group spars with state over whether AB 5 applies

Attorneys for the California Trucking Association sparred against the state Monday in federal court about whether trucking companies were exempt from adhering to Assembly Bill 5, which presumes workers are employees unless they meet the standards of the three-prong "ABC" test.

SAN DIEGO -- Attorneys for the California Trucking Association sparred against the state Monday in federal court about whether trucking companies were exempt from adhering to Assembly Bill 5, which presumes workers are employees unless they meet the standards of the three-prong "ABC" test.

Arguing before an engaged if occasionally sarcastic U.S. District Judge Roger T. Be...