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55 Loy. L. A. L. Rev. 1 (2022)

handle is hein.journals/lla55 and id is 1 raw text is: DEFINING EMPLOYEE: CALIFORNIA STYLE
Harvey Gelb*
Many states have enacted laws that benefit workers designated
employees as distinguished from independent contractors. This Ar-
ticle deals primarily with legislation designed to define the term em-
ployee with sufficient clarity so as to avoid or thwart misclassification. It
focuses on California's recent and robust legislative efforts which,
though praiseworthy, still require some additional work.

* Professor and Kepler Chair in Law and Leadership Emeritus, University of Wyoming Col-
lege of Law; B.A. 1957, Harvard College; J.D. 1960, Harvard Law School. The author is very
appreciative of the University of Wyoming College of Law's continuing support led by Debora A.
Person, Director of the Law Library, who contributed outstanding service in the production of this
article. The author also recognizes with thanks Raevyn D. Heinzen, J.D. Candidate 2022, for her
excellent research assistance and his daughters Sarah Felman and Barbara Gelb, who very ably
facilitated the required computer interactions for a bi-city product.

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