January 13, 2022
A handful of business groups failed to show how a California law that presumes workers are employees would harm the franchising business, a federal judge said, granting the state's bid to dismiss the groups' suit.
September 17, 2021
A pair of federal cases in California and Massachusetts could clarify whether a bright-line worker classification test applies to the franchise business model, attorneys told Law360.
September 03, 2021
The state of California told a federal court that business groups undermined their challenge to Assembly Bill 5, a law that presumes workers are employees, when they tried to strengthen their argument by flagging recent rulings.
January 15, 2021
California wants a suit challenging its landmark worker classification law dumped without leave to amend, telling a federal court that the statute doesn't bump up against federal law and the lawsuit's preemption argument "presents a false choice."
November 18, 2020
Franchisees should be excluded from California's landmark worker classification law because franchise arrangements and employee status are mutually exclusive, business groups representing Dunkin' Donuts and Supercuts franchise owners said in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday.