viii | 2025 Cal-Peculiarities ©2025 Seyfarth Shaw LLP www.seyfarth.com 18.4 Gag Orders for State Government Contractors ............................................................................... 409 18.5 Right to Leaflet in Private Shopping Malls ....................................................................................... 409 18.6 Access to Private Employee Information.......................................................................................... 410 18.7 Collective Bargaining Agreement Waiver Issues ............................................................................. 410 19. Independent Contractors ............................................................................................ 413 19.1 The Plaintiff’s Preference for Employee Status................................................................................ 413 19.2 Presumptions of Employment in Various Contexts .......................................................................... 414 19.3 Inversion of Common Law Standards in Standard Jury Instruction ................................................. 415 19.4 Absence of Statutory Protection as to Newspaper Carriers............................................................. 416 19.5 California’s Judicial, Legislative, and Voter-Driven Evolution of Independent Contracting.............. 416 19.6 California’s “ABC Test” ..................................................................................................................... 417 19.7 The Codification and Extension of Dynamex in AB 5....................................................................... 418 19.8 Professional Cheerleaders Must Be Employees .............................................................................. 421 19.9 Special Reporting Requirements...................................................................................................... 421 19.10 Administrative Enforcement ............................................................................................................. 422 19.11 Special Penalties for Willful Misclassification ................................................................................... 422 19.12 Dealing with Certain Labor Contractors ........................................................................................... 422 20. Miscellaneous Statutory Provisions .......................................................................... 427 20.1 Agreement to Illegal Terms of Employment ..................................................................................... 427 20.2 Choice of Non-California Law or Non-California Forum in Employment Contracts ......................... 427 20.3 Forced Patronage............................................................................................................................. 428 20.4 Restrictions on Employer Rights to Employee Inventions................................................................ 428 20.5 Child Labor ....................................................................................................................................... 428 20.6 Human Trafficking ............................................................................................................................ 429 20.7 Garnishments ................................................................................................................................... 429 20.8 Diverse Representation on Corporate Boards of Directors.............................................................. 430 20.9 Pay For College Athletes.................................................................................................................. 431 21. Some Provisions Favoring California Employers..................................................... 433 21.1 Claims for Unlawful Tape Recording................................................................................................ 433 21.2 Workplace Harassment Orders ........................................................................................................ 433 21.3 Anti-SLAPP Motions ......................................................................................................................... 433 21.4 Special Proof Required to Impose Punitive Damages ..................................................................... 434 21.5 Relatively Short Limitations Period................................................................................................... 435 21.6 Contractually Authorized Judicial Review of Arbitration Awards...................................................... 435 21.7 Use of E-Verify ................................................................................................................................. 435 21.8 Non-Signatories Can Enforce Arbitration Agreements..................................................................... 435 21.9 Employers Doing Business Within Federal Enclaves ..................................................................... 437 21.10 Sometimes a Quit Is Just a Quit ....................................................................................................... 437 21.11 Half Hour Deductions for Tardiness? ............................................................................................... 437
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