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California Cannabis Workers: Independent Contractor Exceptions Part II

by Griffin Thorne, Attorney at Harris Bricken California deems nearly all kinds of workers employees. There are, however, some important circumstances where workers may be classified as contractors. In my first post of this series, “Classifying California Cannabis Workers,” I explained the basics of employee versus independent contractor classification. Today, I look at some of the key…

Classifying California Cannabis Workers

By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Bricken California is one of the trickiest states in the U.S. for employers, and especially for cannabis employers. The numerous, byzantine requirements here simply don’t exist in many other states. Classifying California cannabis workers is one of the biggest challenges for local industry. Cannabis companies often think they can get around employment law…

Musicians will be provided relief under a new agreement in Assembly Bill 5, a gig economy bill, that will protect music professionals, including recording artists, musicians, composers, songwriters and vocalists.

AB 5 was introduced to protect the gig economy workers rights by changing their status from independent contractors to employees. The bill was aimed at companies like Uber and Lyft…

Sacramento, Calif. – Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore) announced she introduced Assembly Bill 71, which seeks to enact clear provisions protecting independent workers while rolling back the dangerous precedent set in the California State Supreme Court decision Dynamex Operations West v. Superior Court.

“This legislation addresses the chilling and potentially harmful impacts the Dyn…