The National Labor Relations Board made it easier Friday for companies to treat their workers as independent contractors excluded from federal labor protections, overturning an Obama administration precedent. However, the ruling has limited impact in California.
[California still has a] three-pronged test, which … only allows a company to classify workers as independent contractors if the worker is “free from the control and direction of the hirer” in performing the work; if the contractor’s work is outside “the usual course” of the company’s business; and if the worker is “customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation or business.”
Source: NLRB empowers companies to treat more workers as independent contractors – Los Angeles Times
