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California's AB5—the 'Dynamex' Bill—Advances

It's increasingly looking like Gov. Gavin Newsom will have the final say on whether certain California companies will be required to classify their workers as employees and not independent contractors.

State legislation codifying the worker-friendly classification standard established by the California Supreme Court in Dynamex Operations West v. Superior Court sailed out of a Senate policy committee Wednesday. The bill now heads to the Senate Appropriations Committee where it's all but certain to pass later this summer.