When your business model is based on “we are outside of the law”, I bet it’s jarring to hear the law say “no, you aren’t.”
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Can I just congratulate you for this amazing typo? And hearty slaps on the back for everyone in this thread who just let it slide (so to speak).
The origin of [del]the world[/del] penis ensues.
I am not a lawyer, but I employ musicians out of California and have spoken to them. They are supposed to be exempt according to what they have been told because of the fine arts thing that Stanta Claus was saying.
^ Yeah, that’s what I’m hoping. I still haven’t heard from my senator. Gonna have to rattle his cage.
If it makes you feel better, the trumpet guy I hired for my album said, “Don’t underestimate the California Entertainment Lobby.”
Update!
Musicians (well, most) are now exempt from AB5!
Not that it matters much right now, seeing that I’m not working anyway.
Who is paid by someone else to do something but completely free from the control or direction of the person paying them? :dubious: Even attorneys take instructions from their clients and have certain decisions they cannot make by themselves but must have the client’s approval.
In other words, isn’t this effectively a two-factor test?
New York is seriously considering a similar law and my daughter is seriously worried that it would destroy her occupation as a free-lance copy editor. Since she works for publishers, she would fail B of Bones’s tests. They can and will simply farm it out to India.
Yeah, it’s definitely a flawed law. Seems like they’re targeting Uber and Lyft, but aren’t aware of the collateral damage.
To me the distinction would be about the nature of the work produced. Someone who is carving a custom sculpture or painting someone’s portrait is a fine artist. The person who cuts 2x4s at the sawmill or paints someone’s house isn’t.