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A curated set of articles from your team at San Diego Media Pros to share pertinent information with you from the production world.
Update on AB5. You may not like this.
Update on AB5. You may not like this.
State’s gig worker legislation survives
Update on AB5. You may not like this
What’s going on with loan-out corporations? Hollywood workers seek answers
We at SDMP have been keeping you abreast of AB5 issues since the beginning. Apparently a way to steer clear of some of the AB5 issues is to create a single-person "Loan-Out" company, where by you as, say, an actor or screenwriter "loan out" your services to a production entity. A recent FB posting from Freelancers Against AB5 seems to indicate the EDD is planning to refuse the recognition of Loan-Outs. We cannot determine how legitimate the posting is, but this article from the LA Times seems to address the current status of Loan-outs:
Breaking down new test on independent contractors
In the continuing alphabet soup saga of AB5 and the ABC test, the DOL has published its final regulatory guidance on the classification of independent contractors under the FLSA. Read on to see what’s up.