In April 2018, the California Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles, making it much more difficult for businesses to classify workers as independent contractors in California through its adoption of the so-called ABC test. Under this expansive new standard, all workers in California are presumed to be employees subject to Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Orders unless the company can prove that the worker meets all three elements of the ABC test:
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