U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez has put a halt on California’s AB5 law, preventing it from affecting truckers. This new gig law would have adversely affected 70,000 independent truckers within the state. The restraining order the judge granted was brought about by the California Trucking Association and is claiming the…
The trucking industry in California is being hit hard with the AB5 law about to go into effect. This law determines whether a worker is an employee or contractor, which doesn’t work well with owner-operator type truckers and companies. One trucking couple packed up and moved to Oklahoma, unsure what…
Like California’s AB5 law, New Jersey is thinking of following in their footsteps by enacting bills S4204 and A5936. These bills would consider all workers to be employees by enacting the ABC test unless certain factors are established. Owner-operators in California are already talking about selling their trucks or moving…