June 20, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday that it won't review whether California's test for determining if a worker qualifies as an independent contractor or employee conflicts with the First Amendment, leaving in place a decision backing a state law making it tougher to classify workers as contractors.
June 09, 2023
Cases addressing joint employment, class action certification, how to determine when employee protection laws apply and COVID-19 hazard pay for federal workers are some of the many matters vying for review in the U.S. Supreme Court. Here, Law360 presents six wage and hour petitions pending before the high court.
May 10, 2023
California's Assembly Bill 5 doesn't impact speech but simply regulates workers' classification, the state's attorney general told the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, telling the justices there is no need for them to weigh in on a Ninth Circuit ruling keeping the law in place.
April 11, 2023
Several think tanks urged the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on whether California's Assembly Bill 5 burdens free speech, saying that the classification law presuming an employee-employer relationship status simultaneously harms businesses and workers.
April 10, 2023
Libertarian public interest organization Pacific Legal Foundation urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a lawsuit challenging a California law establishing a strict test for employee classification, saying the law allows the state to "strangle constitutional rights amid a tangle of regulations and exemptions."
April 06, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court should take up a case in which three groups claim that California's A.B. 5 governing worker classification infringes upon their First Amendment rights, a nonprofit organization said, arguing the law threatens democracy.