by Rob Cruz | Oct 23, 2019 | TalentWave Blog
Chinese general and philosopher Sun Tzu said, “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.” AB5 may not be an “enemy” per se, but it is an unclear piece of legislation that has many people up in arms. As a new law, we...
by Rob Cruz | Sep 12, 2019 | TalentWave Blog
AB5, the bill that sprang forth from the jaws of the Dynamex decision, and that will change the test for worker misclassification as well as the landscape for independent contractors in California, is poised to land on the Governor’s desk for signature next month....
by Rob Cruz | Jun 4, 2019 | TalentWave Blog
Just one year and one month since the Dynamex decision rocked the pillars of California’s worker classification regime, it’s come to this: On May 29, 2019, the California legislature overwhelmingly passed Assembly Bill 5 (AB5). That bill, which is now off to the State...
by Rob Cruz | Apr 19, 2019 | TalentWave Blog
Concerned about Payroll Fraud and Worker Misclassification? The new Task Force is. States continue to act aggressively on matters of worker misclassification. On April 15, 2019, Wisconsin became the latest state to create a task force to crack down on and collect from...
by Rob Cruz | Apr 2, 2019 | TalentWave Blog
This week, the Department of Labor (DOL) released a notice of proposed rulemaking in an effort to simplify the often-complicated issue of what a joint-employer is and, more importantly, when your business is at risk of being found to be one. The DOL’s stated goals...
