California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed the new law regarding “willful” misclassification of independent contractors under the California Labor Code summarized previously. Further details regarding the enactment of this new law are available at the Jackson Lewis California Workplace Law Blog here.
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Ninth Circuit Decision Highlights Concerns With Independent Contractor Classification
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in California
In a decision reiterating important independent contractor issues for employers, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last week reversed a lower court decision holding that certain delivery drivers were properly classified as independent contractors under various provisions of the California Labor Code. Narayan v. EGL, Inc., 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 14279 (9th Cir. July…