Labor/Employment
Dec. 20, 2023
9th Circuit to rehear challenge to gig worker law
The question in the case is whether AB-5, written by Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, targeted Uber and other gig-based business models while granting exemptions to other professions.
A full panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will reconsider a ruling that revived a lawsuit by Uber Technologies Inc. and a subsidiary arguing that California’s gig worker law violates their equal protection rights by targeting their business.
The appellate court vacated a March ruling in the case, one of two legal battles in state and federal courts over whether Uber drivers should be considered employees or independent contracto...
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