If I lived in California as an Independent Contractor who sometimes hire help from other Independent Contractors, my clients are in trouble, bad trouble.
My clients are very large companies with extremely large clients and have contracts in force that can not be fulfilled when they must make all the independent contractors employees. None, that is zero of these positions are any where near the minimum wage. Our rates are orders of magnitude greater. As our own employers, we have the responsibility of dealing with the various tax authorities under well establihed federal law.
Chaos is going to be the circumstance while the matter is in the courts. A judge needs to provide an injunction until the matter can be decided.
I am very interested in how this hits the music industry come Jan 1. There are scores of talented young bands that live on the road and sell merch to make ends meet. I have picked up lots of good new music by paying a $10 cover charge to hear 5 bands. Obviously those bands based in CA have a big problem (since sidemen have to be paid as full time employees and receive benefits). But does this also mean the State will force venues like the Viper Room, the Roxy, the Whiskey, etc to be the policeman? Will unsigned bands avoid CA?