Posted on 09/13/2020 7:54:27 PM PDT by DoodleBob
Ever since the initial passage of California's Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) back in September 2019, the Recording Academy has been fighting for a much-needed amendment to exempt music makers from the bill's sweeping intentions to regulate gig-economy workers.. At its annual Entertainment Law Initiative back in January, the Academy discussed the issue during a panel and has continued to work with music industry stakeholders to press for the correction.
At long last, the amendment exempting the music community from the unintended consequences of AB5 was officially signed into law by California Governor Gavin Newsom on Sept. 4. This came just three days after unanimously passing both the Assembly and the Senate on Sept. 1. The update to AB5 ensures that music professionals won’t have to deal with the added costs for compliance, accounting practices, and new business expenses such as payroll processing that, while intended to benefit independent contractors working for large tech companies, created havoc for music makers and the studios and venues who hire them.
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It's also a great example of how stupid government can be. AB5 shouldn't have been passed in the first place.
“This is good news for the impacted people.”
And bad news for the 99%.
That’s nice for musicians, but everybody else is still royally f*cked.
No matter. Moving to Tennessee in December and bringing my tax dollars and conservative vote with me.
Don’t the other “impacted” groups have grounds for some kind of class action lawsuit now?
Sounds like preferential treatment for the entertainment industry which is par for the course in California
“That’s nice for musicians, but everybody else is still royally f*cked.”
There’s prop 22 on the ballot that would undo this idiocy.
Thanks for the link.
Prop 22 only covers ride share drivers, unless I’m mistaken...
Well i’m ending my day on a good note.
(rimshot)
Government thinks it knows best and passes a "pro-employee" law that screws the very people they want to help, and of course there were exclusions in the first place for "protected" sectors.
Then the legislature and executive reverse parts of the law and look like heros.
FWIW, AB5's chief instigator, Assemblywoman Gonzales, is a particurlty disgusting pol - "I’m sorry you feel that way. This is not a bad bill. Without it there would be no ability to freelancers to work under Dynamex. Also, thousands of workers would not have the protections they need. You want changes, that doesn’t mean the bill is bad."
I believe you but please explain why it is bad.
Stop being independent and take a government job like a good little commie and everything will be fine!
Sounds great in theory, right? However, in many cases, such workers CHOOSE this way of working and it's not like they're being screwed. Everyone was happy, except a few unions et al.
In practice, California employers dropped all such workers rather than hire them. Instead, many companies moved freelance or contract work to people outside of California, since CA-based workers were now financial Kryptonite. In-state freelancers' income streams dried up
Good for you! A lot too late, from your (about to be ex) Gov, for you!
It was a payoff to unions.
Govenor Gruesome is so incompetent he could screw up a stainless steel bowling ball. He has that reverse Midas touch.
My boss has a California Contractors license. The State decided that they wanted prepayment of taxes for all employees on contracting jobs quarterly. When he informed them that he cannot prepay or estimate earnings on jobs that he does not have yet, they made him sign paperwork stating he would hire no California’s for work.
As a result our company has people from any state but California.
Just another example of the Democraps “fixing” the non union workers for the Unions.
AB-5 should be flat out nuked because it is a perfect illustration of the fallacy of the idea that government is your friend and here to help you. Government people think you all should be slaves to your rulers because you should be totally controlled by them in ALL aspects of your existence with NO exceptions whatsoever!!!
They reject the old concept of "Public Servants!" You serve them!! They don't serve you rugged individuals out there!!!
This Exemption is what one would call “tossing a bone”. Biden has said he wants to take AB5 nationwide. One of the many surprise gifts that the nation is going get if MSM get the rats into the White House.
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