Audiences, please be aware that in the audience today are members of the general public, and so any applause or reaction that you may hear are not, is not necessarily from the working press. So, let me begin by introducing the head table, and idd like to ask you to please hold your applause until all of the head table guests are introduced. So from my left and your right, we have shawn butcher, Communications Manager at disabled sports usa and editor of challenge magazine. We have retired navy captain jim noon commander of the american lee jun post here at the National Press club. Next to captain noon, we have retired u. S. Marine corps Lieutenant Colonel brooks tucker, the assistant secretary for the v. A. s office of congressional and legislative affairs. We have Lori Rousseau who is the president of the National Press club Headliners Team. We have max ledder who is the publisher of the stars and stripes. We have retired u. S. Marine corps Lieutenant Colonel jim burn, and he is the n
This is about one hour. Good afternoon. We have a really Great Program ahead and we invite you to listen, watch, or follow along on twitter using the npcli good afternoon, and welcome to the National Press club. We have a really Great Program ahead and we invite you to listen, watch, or follow along on twitter using the npclive. For our cspan and public radio audiences, please be aware that g the head table, and idd like to ask you to please hold your applause until all of the head table guests are introduced. Helpful to have the list. So from my left and your right, we have shawn butcher, Communications Manager at disabled sports usa and editor of challenge magazine. We have retired navy captain jim noon, commander of the American Legion post here at the National Press club. Next to captain noon, we have retired u. S. Marine corps Lieutenant Colonel brooks tucker. Hes the assistant secretary for the v. A. s office of congressional and legislative affairs. We have lori rousseau, who is
Good afternoon. We have a really Great Program ahead and we invite you to listen, watch, or follow along on twitter using the npclive. For our cspan and public radio audiences, please be aware that in the audience today are members of the general public, and so any applause or reaction that you may hear are not, is not necessarily from the working press. So let me begin by introducing the head table, and idd like to ask you to please hold your applause until all of the head table guests are introduced. Helpful to have the list. So from my left and your right, we have shawn butcher, Communications Manager at disabled sports usa and editor of challenge magazine. We have retired navy captain jim noon, commander of the American Legion post here at the National Press club. Next to captain noon, we have retired u. S. Marine corps Lieutenant Colonel brooks tucker. Hes the assistant secretary for the v. A. s office of congressional and legislative affairs. We have lori rousseau, who is the pre
Its just now reinforced by state law or state code. The threepart test is broken down here. The worker is free from company control. And the second is that any person that is performing work that is outside of the usual course of the hiring entity. And the third part is that the person is putting themselves out in a market and offering their services to other than to the hiring entity that they test, like, do they advertise for their services. And do they are they truly an independent business and are they more directly an employee of that company. So workers are considered to be employees unless they fail this test. And unless all of these conditions apply. And put a caveat there that as a. B. 5 was working towards the Legislature Many exemptions were added to the bill. Gig workers were explicitly not exempted and as we said explicitly many times unless theyre targeting this particular sector. So that brings us to enforcement which is a little bit less clear. There are basically four
State law or state code. The threepart test is broken down here. The worker is free from company control. And the second is that any person that is performing work that is outside of the usual course of the hiring entity. And the third part is that the person is putting themselves out in a market and offering their services to other than to the hiring entity that they test, like, do they advertise for their services. And do they are they truly an independent business and are they more directly an employee of that company. So workers are considered to be employees unless they fail this test. And unless all of these conditions apply. And put a caveat there that as a. B. 5 was working towards the Legislature Many exemptions were added to the bill. Gig workers were explicitly not exempted and as we said explicitly many times unless theyre targeting this particular sector. So that brings us to enforcement which is a little bit less clear. There are basically four theyre all labeled one but