News / Concerns mount over California's AB5 trucker classification law

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Nearly two weeks after the US Supreme Court shut the door on a ban on California’s controversial legislation on classification of truck drivers as employees or independent contractors, the trucking industry in the state is still wondering how AB5 will change its future.

The law is not hitting the industry out of the blue. Designed to address misclassification and inadequate compensation and benefits of workers in the gig economy, it was set to come into effect on 1 January 2020 but ...