Liability Laws Affecting Employers Hiring Independent Contractors
By Victoria M. Gomez March 10, 2016 Category: Employment
The California legislature enacted several new laws this past year affecting employees and independent contractors. Under AB 1897, which went into effect on January 1, 2015, employers may become jointly liable with independent contractors it hires to provide labor for wage violations and workers compensation defaults of the independent contractor for services that are within the course of the employer’s business or performed at the employer’s work site. Accordingly, employers benefiting from labor services will share with the labor contractor all civil legal responsibility and civil liability for all workers supplied to the company. In the past, these rules applied only to... READ MORE