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Supervisors hear hours of testimony on Dynamex and AB 5; committee to introduce resolution supporting AB 5
Summary
San Francisco supervisors and labor advocates gathered June 28 for a lengthy hearing on gig‑economy worker classification; city and state labor officials explained the Dynamex/ABC test and the differences with Borello, dozens of workers and unions urged passage of AB 5, and the committee agreed to introduce a resolution supporting AB 5 and to 'hear and file' the record.
San Francisco’s Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee spent the bulk of a June 28 special meeting on a hearing about worker classification in the gig economy, the 2018 California Supreme Court Dynamex decision and California Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5). After presentations by city and state labor officials and researchers, dozens of drivers, domestic workers and labor representatives urged the supervisors to support AB 5 and to use local authority and data to enforce labor protections.
Pat Mulligan of the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement (OLS) told the committee how OLS investigates and enforces local labor laws: intake and assessment, investigative audits (payroll review and site visits), determinations and, where appropriate, settlements or appeals. Mulligan said the office often faces…
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