Labor/Employment,
Entertainment & Sports
Feb. 10, 2020
Musicians voice displeasure with state’s new gig worker law
In January, multiple bills were introduced to provide exemptions to the law for alarm service workers, freelance journalists, small business owners, newspaper distributors, and court interpreters and translators.
Musicians and other music industry professionals make up the latest group seeking exemptions from Assembly Bill 5, which presumes workers are employees by default unless they pass a three-part "ABC" test.
A bill introduced Friday by State Senator Brian Jones, R-East San Diego County, adds the group to a list of others AB 5 should not apply to. These workers include physicians, some securities broker-dealers and investment adviso...
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