State Laws to Take On Gig Workers, Wages, Overtime in 2020

The new year will bring no shortage of state employment law changes with California reclassifying thousands of gig workers as employees, minimum wages rising in half the states, and salary thresholds climbing for white-collar overtime pay exemptions.

The new decade begins with much of California’s worker classification law A.B. 5 having taken effect on Jan. 1, codifying a three-factor test that makes it harder for employers to count workers as independent contractors. The new law is causing employer angst over how to comply and over potential costs for ride-hailing providers such as Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc., trucking ...