California Labor Guidance
Free plain-English summaries of opinion letters, administrative policies, and interpretive notices from California's labor agency, with the current status and the official source on every page.
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Which claims the Dynamex ABC independent-contractor test applies to
A legal-aid attorney asked whether the "ABC" test for independent-contractor status, adopted by the California Supreme Court in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court, applies any time a busi…
Farm labor contractor status
An attorney asked whether an "Agricultural Employer" that supplies vineyard labor along with plants, equipment, and materials — compensated by a share of the crop, a per-ton or per-acre rate, or expen…
Independent contractor vs. employee: registered nurses contracting with a nursing registry
An attorney for a nurse staffing agency (Contract Management Services, Inc., "CMSI") asked DLSE to confirm that registered nurses placed with hospitals under its "RN Contractor's Agreement" are indepe…
Employee status of unpaid 'promotional extras' in motion picture production
A production-industry correspondent asked whether unpaid "promotional extras" who simply show up for crowd scenes are employees under IWC Order 12-80, which broadly defines "extra player" without usin…
Assistant golf professionals are employees, not independent contractors, while teaching lessons
A law firm asked whether "assistant golf professionals" who spend most of their time in a golf club's pro shop, but occasionally teach paid lessons and receive an IRS 1099 for that portion, are indepe…
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These are official interpretive documents from California's labor agency: opinion letters answering questions from employers and workers, administrative policies, and interpretive notices. They show how the agency applies wage-and-hour and workplace law to real situations, but they are guidance, not statutes or court decisions, and the agency can supersede or withdraw them. Every page above shows the document's current status, when that status was last verified, and a link to the official source.