Quoted, California employers face tougher rules on how to classify workers, Business Insurance

Two rulings from California may lead other states to tighten restrictions that classify workers as independent contractors, Katherine Sandberg tells Business Insurance. In May, the 9th Circuit ruled that a 2018 decision by the California Supreme Court could be retroactively applied. That ruling created a new test to ascertain who is an independent contractor. Noting that many industries classify workers as independent contractors, Sandberg said, “California is a trailblazer when it comes to employment laws. When California starts applying a stricter standard, other states who also have a more employee-friendly stance…tend to adopt what California is doing.”

Read California employers face tougher rules on how to classify workers, Business Insurance, May 15, 2019.