California to host AB5 webinar

There was no scarcity of questions concerning California’s Meeting Invoice 5 and the way it applies to the trucking business. Subsequent week, California officers plan to aim to reply a few of these questions by means of a public webinar.

California’s Employment Growth Division will conduct an informational webinar from 10 a.m. till midday Pacific Time on Tuesday, Sept. 13. A earlier webinar concerning AB5 was held in August.

AB5 makes use of the ABC Take a look at to find out if a employee is an impartial contractor or an worker. Opponents of the regulation argue that it’s too restrictive and can finish trucking’s owner-operator mannequin.

These concerned with attending the Sept. 13 webinar can register right here. You can also register by emailing your title, job title, business, metropolis/state, and variety of workers (if relevant) to LCO-DLSESeminar@dir.ca.gov.

On Aug. 29, the U.S. District Courtroom for the Southern District of California formally lifted the injunction that had prevented AB5 from being enforced on motor carriers. Nonetheless, questions stay, largely due to the variety of the business and an infinite provide of hypothetical eventualities.

The Proprietor-Operator Unbiased Drivers Affiliation encourages truck drivers with questions on hauling in California to attend the webinar. California’s Labor and Workforce Growth Company additionally offers a listing of regularly requested questions concerning AB5.

What’s subsequent with AB5?

Though the injunction is formally useless, it doesn’t imply that the authorized battles are over.

The California Trucking Affiliation has till Oct. 11 to file a renewed movement for a preliminary injunction. Dec. 2 is the deadline for last briefs concerning one other injunction. After that, the courtroom will determine whether or not to schedule any hearings.

As well as, OOIDA wish to know the way AB5 has been affecting truck drivers.

“To raised inform us as we transfer ahead, please tell us what is occurring on the roads in California,” OOIDA wrote in a latest e-mail to its members. “Has AB5 affected the best way you do enterprise? In that case, how? Have you learnt if or how others have already adjusted their enterprise practices? And in our conversations with the state, what questions would you want us to ask?”

OOIDA asks members to e-mail Questions@OOIDA.com. LL