Punching In: DOL Gig Worker Plan Echoes California ‘ABC’ Test

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers.

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Rebecca Rainey: Management-side attorneys say that one of the factors included in the US Labor Department’s new proposed worker classification test has parallels to California’s “ABC test,” which presumes workers are employees instead of independent contractors under the law.

The DOL last week released a proposal outlining the legal test it will use to decide when workers should be classified as employees who are afforded protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act, or independent contractors who aren’t covered by the law.

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