October 17, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to review the tossing of a constitutional challenge to California's Assembly Bill 5 is likely the "end of the line" for major challenges to the statute, though the independent contractor debate continues, attorneys said.
October 15, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined Postmates and Uber's request to review a Ninth Circuit ruling that said California's worker classification law is constitutional and does not strip the gig economy giants of equal protection under the law.
October 11, 2024
An association representing small trucking businesses backed Uber and Postmates' efforts to get the U.S. Supreme Court to mull their case challenging California's Assembly Bill 5, saying that a Ninth Circuit decision threatens the rights of those raising equal protection claims.
October 08, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments regarding the overtime exemption for outside sales employees, and the justices are also weighing petitions related to federal contract worker minimum wage and California’s worker classification law. As the justices return to the bench, here are wage and hour cases before them.
October 01, 2024
California's Assembly Bill 5 raising the standard to classify workers as independent contractors is unconstitutional because it targets companies like Postmates and Uber, two business groups told the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, urging the justices to take up a Ninth Circuit ruling.
September 11, 2024
Postmates and Uber urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the Ninth Circuit's decision dismissing their constitutional challenge to California's worker classification law, arguing that A.B. 5 singles them out and strips them of equal protection under the law, according to their petition to the high court.