The California Trucking Association and two California-based owner-operators filed a lawsuit challenging the "ABC" employment test mandated by the state's new independent contractor law, which the group says threatens the livelihood of independent truck drivers and is pre-empted by federal law.
Is California Trying to Kill the Independent Contractor Model? [Commentary]
Instead of focusing on companies that abuse the independent contractor model to avoid paying employee benefits, California has decided to do away with independent contractors as a regular part of operations at all.