Worker status: independent contractors: business-to-business contracting relationship.
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AB 3281 — Worker status: independent contractors: business-to-business contracting relationship.
Last action — Referred to Com. on L. & E.
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✓Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed Assembly
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Summary
Existing case law, as established in the case of Dynamex Operations W. v. Superior Court (2018) 4 Cal.5th 903 (Dynamex) , creates a presumption that a worker who performs services for a hirer is an employee for purposes of claims for wages and benefits arising under wage orders issued by the Industrial Welfare Commission. Existing law requires a 3-part test, commonly known as the "ABC" test, to determine if workers are employees or independent contractors for those purposes. Existing statutory law establishes that, for purposes of the Labor Code, the Unemployment Insurance Code, and the wage orders of the Industrial Welfare Commission, a person providing labor or services for remuneration is considered an employee rather than an independent contractor unless the hiring entity demonstrates that the person is not an employee under the "ABC" test. Existing law charges the Labor Commissioner with the enforcement of labor laws, including worker classification. Existing law exempts specified occupations and business relationships from the application of the "ABC" test, including a business-to-business contracting relationship, that meets specified requirements, including that a business is a "contracting business" if it demonstrates that it meets specified criteria. Existing law, instead, provides that these exempt relationships are governed by the multifactor test previously established in the case of S. G. Borello & Sons, Inc. v. Department of Industrial Relations (1989) 48 Cal.3d 341. This bill would also include as a "contracting business" for purposes of a business-to-business contracting relationship, or business that subject to specified tax provisions relating to sale proprietorships on limited partnerships.
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Action History
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Referred to Com. on L. & E.
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Read first time.
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From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
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Introduced. To print.
Sponsors
- Brough · Primary
- James Gallagher · Cosponsor
- Tom Lackey · Cosponsor
- Mathis · Cosponsor
- Voepel · Cosponsor
- Waldron · Cosponsor
- Bates · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 115 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Brough
Co-sponsors (6)
- Gallagher, James Republican
- Lackey, Tom Republican
- Mathis
- Voepel
- Waldron
- Bates
Not signed on (115)
115 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does AB 3281 do?
- Existing case law, as established in the case of Dynamex Operations W. v. Superior Court (2018) 4 Cal.5th 903 (Dynamex) , creates a presumption that a worker who performs services for a hirer is an employee for purposes of claims for wages and benefits arising under wage orders issued by the Industrial Welfare Commission. Existing law requires a 3-part test, commonly known as the "ABC" test, to determine if workers are employees or independent contractors for those purposes. Existing statutory law establishes that, for purposes of the Labor Code, the Unemployment Insurance Code, and the wage orders of the Industrial Welfare Commission, a person providing labor or services for remuneration is considered an employee rather than an independent contractor unless the hiring entity demonstrates that the person is not an employee under the "ABC" test. Existing law charges the Labor Commissioner with the enforcement of labor laws, including worker classification. Existing law exempts specified occupations and business relationships from the application of the "ABC" test, including a business-to-business contracting relationship, that meets specified requirements, including that a business is a "contracting business" if it demonstrates that it meets specified criteria. Existing law, instead, provides that these exempt relationships are governed by the multifactor test previously established in the case of S. G. Borello & Sons, Inc. v. Department of Industrial Relations (1989) 48 Cal.3d 341. This bill would also include as a "contracting business" for purposes of a business-to-business contracting relationship, or business that subject to specified tax provisions relating to sale proprietorships on limited partnerships.
- Who sponsors AB 3281?
- AB 3281 is sponsored by Brough, Gallagher, James (Republican), Lackey, Tom (Republican), Mathis, Voepel, Waldron, and Bates.
- What is the current status of AB 3281?
- This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track AB 3281?
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