We know that truck owner-operators are not necessarily real owner-operators so much as a driver for a major carrier that dumps costs for maintaining the truck on the driver, hence, lowering his or her income. The community of truck drivers seems to be having trouble deciphering the law. The State of California needs to develop outreach and/or a process to complete the demands of California Assembly Bill 5.
In recognition of the need for an outreach to these drivers an extension in the filing will be necessary. I would think a document linked to renewal of driver's license is a reasonable demand to satisfy the law.
By Augusta Saraiva and Ngai Yeung
About 70,000 truck owner-operators (click here) who form the bedrock of California’s transport industry are in limbo as state-level labor rules start applying to them, creating another choke point in stressed US supply chains.
Almost a dozen truckers told Bloomberg News they’re unsure how to comply with California’s Assembly Bill 5, which requires workers satisfy a three-part test to be considered independent contractors, or else be seen as employees entitled to job benefits. The trucking industry relies on contractors — who until now have had flexibility to operate on their own terms — and has fought to be exempt from state regulations for years.
California truck owner-operators must now comply with AB5 after the Supreme Court on June 30 refused to review a case challenging the legislation that sets out the tests for employment-status classification....
