El Tribunal Supremo rechaza el recurso de la Asociación de Camioneros de California 

El sector del transporte por carretera de California se prepara para la entrada en vigor de la ley AB5

Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves

La ley AB5 ya está lista para entrar en vigor en el sector del transporte por carretera de California, ya que el Tribunal Supremo de Estados Unidos denegó el jueves la revisión del recurso que representaba el último esfuerzo de la Asociación de Transporte por Carretera de California para mantener la ley de contratistas independientes lejos de sus operaciones. 

El Tribunal de Apelación del 9º Circuito, que anteriormente había anulado la orden judicial que mantenía la AB5 fuera del sector del transporte por carretera de California, debe disolver la suspensión que había permitido que la orden judicial se mantuviera en vigor mientras la CTA hacía su esfuerzo por llegar al Tribunal Supremo.  

Con el Tribunal Supremo dando su negativa sin comentarios el jueves por la mañana, se espera que la disolución de esa orden judicial ocurra rápidamente. 

Cuando lo haga, el modelo de propietario independiente para el transporte por carretera en el estado de California entrará en un nuevo mundo con pocos precedentes. 

En el corazón de AB5 es la prueba de ABC, y aún más, la parte B de ABC. Esa prueba B define a un contratista independiente como un trabajador que se dedica a “un trabajo que está fuera del curso habitual del negocio de la entidad contratante”.  

Una empresa de transporte que contrata a un operador propietario independiente para mover la carga presumiblemente no pasaría esa prueba en cualquier litigio. 

FreightWaves continuará cubriendo esta historia en el transcurso del día.

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