By Bradford Hughes ( May 21, 2018, 11:49 AM EDT) -- On April 30, 2018, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Dynamex Operations West Inc. v. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County that certain workers, and in particular transportation drivers, should be presumed employees instead of independent contractors when evaluating wage and hour classification in class action cases. The opinion immediately sent shock waves through the entire transportation industry, which has traditionally relied upon independent contractors. Less than two weeks after the Dynamex opinion, wage and hour/misclassification class action lawsuits were filed against Lyft and Postmates. But, Dynamex's impact is vaster than just the so-called "gig-economy" of Uber and Lyft, which has been the focus of misclassification litigation for several years....