PERSONNEL IS POLICY: Holy Moly, the Department of Labor “gets” independent contractor issues!

But when I say AB-5 is terrible legislation it is not merely its anti-business bias. My argument with AB-5 has to do with how poorly and illogically it’s written. And mostly the fact that it literally legislates that citizens are instructed to go read case law. That’s not supposed to be how it’s done.

So I wasn’t too excited to learn the US Department of Labor was jumping on the “let’s pass legislation about independent contractors” bandwagon. Other states have implemented or sought to implement AB-5 imitation legislation and honestly I feared for the worst.

But low and behold, the proposed legislation is well thought out, clear (as a fact based issue can be), and well written.

It’s likely not a coincidence that the Department of Labor is chaired by Eugene Scalia, the son of Antonin Scalia.