Key Legal Actions to Come The following is a very rough overview of what is likely to happen next in the WSTA litigation now that we have filed our complaint. Below is a snap-shot of the many steps we will have to take in our litigation strategy. Each legal step laid-out below has a cost element […]
We have been promising for a while the association would be taking action related to California enforcing its meal & rest break requirements on employers. During the week of July 9th while I was in Washington D.C. we filed a petition with US DOT asking them to preempt California under federal law from enforcing its […]
I’m hoping by now that all of you are aware that California’s Supreme Court on April 30th unanimously (7-0) adopted a new test concerning independent contractor analysis that generally assumes workers are employees first, unless they can pass three different and difficult tests. The case is referred to as Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. The […]
There has been much confusion over the liability of utilizing independent Contractors (IC’s) in this state as a result of the recent State Supreme Court’s Decision. Below is a summary of the major litigation events and timelines in the Dynamex case. It is a case study in the slow pace of litigation. The decision illustrates […]
WSTA Legal Counsel has provided this Overview of this precedential case decision and what it does to independent contractors (IC’s) and those that engage IC’s and are in a related business. The decision, if allowed to stand, could jeopardize the entire IC industry of millions of works across this state. Specifically we are most interested […]
By WSTA Director of Governmental Affairs, Joe Rajkovacz On April 30th 2018 the California Supreme Court issued a bombshell of a decision in a case titled, Dynamex Operations West, Inc v. Chareles Lee et al. The unanimous (7-0) decision was to invoke what is termed an A-B-C test to determine proper employment classification in the […]
Ellison, Whalen & Blackburn – Attorneys at Law Representing WSTA Legally & Legislatively Since 2002 Led by experienced attorneys Brooks Ellison, Pat Whalen and Kirk Blackburn, the law firm of Ellison, Whalen & Blackburn – Attorneys at Law have protected the rights of our clients throughout the federal and state court systems and administrative agencies, […]
