Sad to see that AB5 was denied cert. It's a nasty bit of work.
In general, California has punitive employment laws. We had a contractor working for us who lived in California years ago, and he was clearly on a 1099 deal. He did no work in CA at all. When his contract was up, he filed for unemployment. What a mess. CA agreed with him, and wanted us to pay his claim. Administrative law judge ruled there was no nexus, and hence no liability for us, after $2000 in attorney fees. After that, we pretty much quit using CA talent on our jobs and put a clause in our contract that our contractors were strictly liable for all costs related to resolving improper unemployment claims. Net result, less work for Californians. I don't suppose that is what they intended to accomplish??
As you point out, the freight will move to other, more friendly ports.
Last edited by denton; 06/30/22.
