Labor/Employment,
Civil Litigation
Jun. 28, 2022
Freelance journalists denied high court review of AB 5
“The Court’s decision to not hear our appeal is a loss for the thousands of freelancers who have built thriving careers through the freedom and flexibility that independent contracting provides,” Jim M. Manley of the Pacific Legal Foundation, lead counsel for the plaintiffs.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied the appeal of a group of freelance journalists in California who requested review of a law that classifies them as employees rather than contract workers.
The ruling concerned Assembly Bill 5, which was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2019 and codified the result of Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles (2018) 4 Cal. 5th 903. The law states that independent contractors who per...
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