Events
Webinar: The Ongoing Saga of Gig Workers, AB5 and Proposition 22
April 28 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
1 Participatory MCLE Credits; 1 Legal Specialization in Workers’ Compensation Law
Is there anything more tortured than the simple definition of who is an employee in the State of California? Do you know how to figure it out? And what about those “gig” workers? Can they be considered employees? Recent reform, with AB5, with the ABC test, was met with major counter reform with Proposition 22. But things are complicated right now with Castellanos finding Proposition 22 unconstitutional. Need an update on how this is being handled by the WCAB? Join our April 28, 2023, webinar, as we update the workers’ compensation practitioner on the current status of applying AB5’s reforms, and the “gig” worker. The discussion will provide all the “nuts and bolts” to deal with independent contractor issues, and place the discussion of the “gig” worker in the larger context and history of working through the problems with the simple question: who is an employee?
Non-Member Price – $75.00
Member Price – $55.00
Speakers:
Randy Harold Pollak
Randy Pollak is the Managing Partner, Practice Leader, for Wintersteen | Casarez Law Corporation. He is a Certified Specialist in Workers’ Compensation Law and is a frequent author and speaker in the industry. Mr. Pollak was also the former Managing Editor of the Workers’ Compensation Quarterly, which is the official legal publication for the California Lawyers Association, Workers’ Compensation Section.
Amber Tesler
Amber Tesler is a defense attorney with Wai, Connor & Hamidzadeh, LLP in their Northern California Office. Ms. Tesler earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Law & Society from the University of California, Santa Barbara and her Juris Doctor degree from Golden Gate University School of Law. In addition to her law degree Ms. Tesler obtained her Master of Dispute Resolution through Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine School of Law. She is an active member of the California State Bar, the California Lawyers Association and the Workers Compensation Section. Ms. Tesler is currently serving a three-year term on the Workers Compensation Executive Committee of the California Lawyers Association.
Moderator:
Hon. Sharon Velzy-Lenington