AB5

The California Trucking Association has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review its case against imposing AB5 on the state's trucking sector.  It's a last-ditch effort to keep in place a stay that is blocking imposition on the law governing the definition of independent contractors in the state....

Much of the focus on state laws regulating independent contractor status has been on California and its embrace of the ABC test through the AB5 regulation, whose exclusion from the state's trucking sector hangs on a battered injunction. But it may be New Jersey that is at the head of the move to...

A decision by a federal appeals court on Monday could allow California to begin enforcing its independent contractor law over the trucking industry in as soon as one week. In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit denied a petition filed last month by the California Trucking...

In the last few weeks, there have been surveys that suggest that rideshare drivers and other independent contractors would rather have full-time employment – except for those who don't. The employment status of these workers has been much debated and will continue to serve as the centerpiece of...

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what's happening in the freight ecosystem. In today's edition, we highlight the end of an injunction in California that had kept an independent contractor law from applying to trucking, as well as a funding round for Arrive Logistics and more. The High Five 1. An...

An injunction that stopped the California trucking industry from coming under AB5, the state's law governing the use of independent contractors, has been overturned. A three-judge panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, in a 2-1 vote, handed down its decision Wednesday after...

"The ride-sharing business has been decimated," says Mike Isaac, New York Times technology reporter and best-selling author of "Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber." Isaac joined FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller for a special Fuller Speed Ahead episode Thursday on the opening day of the...

Proposition 22, designed to push back against AB5 in California for app-based drivers like those at Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) or Lyft, Inc. (NASDAQ: LYFT), passed comfortably in Tuesday's election. The vote was not close; prop 22 passed with about 58% of the vote.  AB5 is the...

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In a setback for ride-hailing companies Uber Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: UBER) and LYFT Inc (NASDAQ: LYFT), a California appeals court ruled on Thursday that the companies must comply with August's injunction order requiring them to reclassify the drivers as their employees,...

Although AB5 remains a nonfactor — for now — in the California trucking industry, the body of legal cases on its implementation continues to grow. And so far, its backers appear to be winning. The latest decision favoring the backers of AB5 came down last week, when a federal district court judge...

Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE: UBER) will continue its food delivery service Uber Eats in California even if it's forced to shut down its primary business, according to a Reuters report Monday. What happened: An Uber spokesman confirmed that the Uber Eats business...

The imposition of AB5 against truck drivers in California has been blocked by court action since the start of this year when it was to go into effect, and the California Trucking Association has spelled out its case to an appeals court on why that should continue. The CTA, in a recent filing with...

A new front has opened up in the battle over AB5, a California law limiting the use of independent contractors, as opponents and supporters use the coronavirus pandemic and the economic devastation it has unleashed to bolster their positions on how the controversial labor law applies to the...