California’s AB5 law will remain blocked from implementation in the state’s trucking sector for now as the Supreme Court remains silent.
The California Trucking Association filed its brief to the Supreme Court, laying out arguments why the court should review AB5 in the state’s trucking sector.
The solicitor general has advised the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear the appeal of a lower court decision that would require adoption of the AB5 independent contractor law in the state’s trucking industry.
Independent contractor law AB5 has been blocked so far from being implemented in California’s trucking sector, but the question is before the Supreme Court and its ultimate ruling may eventually make the statute the law of the land in the Golden State.
AskWaves reviews the legal history of the independent contractor law and the lawsuits that challenged its implementation.
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Observers are left to speculate why the Supreme Court offered no opinion.
If the high court does not grant review and AB5 is implemented, the state’s trucking industry will look to a variety of solutions to be able to use independent contractors and still stay in compliance with the law.
If certiorari is denied, the injunction blocking AB5 from being implemented in the state will disappear immediately.
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The briefs filed by the trade groups seek to bolster arguments made by CTA but rejected in the split decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The injunction blocking AB 5 is still in place for now.
