Independent contractors

On January 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor issued its final rule regarding the classification of independent contractors versus employees, which becomes effective March 11, 2024. Although California employers are bound to the more restrictive “ABC Test” (that generally leads to findings that most workers are employees and not independent contractors), employers that are…

On October 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) issued a new rule addressing how the Board will assess joint employer status under the National Labor Relations Act. In short, the new rule lowers the bar significantly for finding two entities to be joint employers and raises heightened concerns about the…

Join Hieu Williams for a complimentary 30-minute webinar on December 15, 2022. The accelerated growth in remote work has corresponded with the rapid rise in contractors across the world. A 2022 Statista Report showed that over 70 million Americans are now independent contractors and by 2027 that number is expected to grow to 86.5 million…

The employment law landscape is always shifting, and there’s a lot to navigate, especially as the pandemic drags into its third year. On February 14, 2022, Hirschfeld Kraemer lawyers Steve Hirschfeld, Hieu Williams, Monte Grix, and Ferry Lopez presented a 90-minute webinar providing insight on the hottest developments in labor and employment law in 2021,…

On March 19, 2021, Governor Newsom injected new life into previously expired statewide COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (SPSL) benefits. By signing Senate Bill (SB) 95, eligible California employers must once again provide covered employees with SPSL for COVID-19 related absences in addition to existing paid time off and vacation benefits. Though employers have a…

On December 18, 2019, Hirschfeld Kraemer attorneys Kirstin Muller, Alison Hamer, Benjamin Treger, and China Westfall presented a one-hour webinar, “California Employment Laws 2020: Your Survival Guide.” The webinar provided a comprehensive overview of what employers need to know in order to stay in compliance in 2020. 2019 was a remarkable year in California employment law. Sacramento lawmakers…

On October 17, 2019, Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP’s John Baum, Dan Handman, and Derek Ishikawa presented an informative 60-minute webinar about California’s new Independent Contractor Law, A.B. 5., passed on September 18, 2019. The webinar provided a comprehensive overview of the new law to help companies learn how to navigate the sweeping changes that are coming…

Every offer and sale of securities in the United States must either be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), or exempt from registration under rules established by the SEC. Recognizing that the registration process is cumbersome and expensive, and that incentivizing employees through the offering of stock, options, and other equity-based awards is…

On September 4, 2020, Governor Newsom signed A.B. 2257, follow-up legislation to A.B. 5, California’s landmark 2019 law that radically changed the state’s treatment of employees and independent contractors by replacing the longstanding Borello classification test. The new law attempts to clean up many industry-specific provisions that became more apparent after A.B. 5 became law….

On Tuesday, August 11, a Superior Court judge in San Francisco ordered Uber and Lyft to reclassify its drivers from independent contractors to employees. For employee advocates, it was a ruling long in the making, starting with the California Supreme Court’s revolutionary decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles, followed by…