加利福尼亚旅行社在最新版本的AB5中获得豁免后,受到了IC的保护
经过理查德·德·安布罗西奥(Richard D'Ambrosio)/
上周晚些时候,旅行顾问被添加到最新版本的加州议会法案(A.B.5)中的豁免职业清单,该法案旨在规范该州经营的独立承包商。
The amendment inserted into the bill Friday, Aug. 30 would add travel agencies regulated by the state's Seller of Travel law to the list of "Professional Services" exempted from the bill's impacts. Prior to the amendment, California lawmakers had carved out exemptions for a variety of professions, including, lawyers, architects, insurance agents, investment advisers, and even hairstylists/barbers.
Late on Friday, A.B. 5 advanced out of the Senate Appropriations Committee and now heads to a vote before the full Senate, which has until Sept. 13 to pass the bill. Additional changes might be made to A.B.5.
该法案起源于议会议员洛雷娜·冈萨雷斯(Lorena Gonzalez)办公室,然后将继续前往州长加文·纽瑟姆(Gavin Newsom)办公室以签名或否决权。那将发生在10月中旬之前。如果该法案没有通过全体参议院,那么立法机关将在2020年再次进行。
“我们感到非常高兴的是,议会议员冈萨雷斯和加利福尼亚劳工联合会已经审查了加利福尼亚旅行销售商的具体情况,并决定将此规定添加到A.B.5。
Embree told Travel Market Report that the exemption was touch and go literally up until the appropriations committee hearing, calling it “the result of hard and dogged work on the part of many people. It was never close to being a done deal.”
“即使直到最后,这就是您无法清楚阅读的情况之一,” Embree说。“我们会举行会议,使我们感到充满希望,只能参加这些会议。在宣布修正案之前的两天,我们在萨克拉曼多举行了游说日,与70多名ICS和代理商所有者与他们的立法者会面。一些反应是积极的,但有些反应引起了人们的关注。”
超过230人参加了该联盟的8月6日和8月28日的ASTA-CCTO行动日,2,753名加利福尼亚人通过ASTA的基层倡导门户致电或通过电子邮件发送给其立法者。
美国旅行顾问协会[ASTA]倡导执行副总裁Eben Peck称豁免“对我们的行业取得了巨大的胜利。我们赞扬议会议员冈萨雷斯(Gonzalez)决定将其包括在内,以及在过去几个月中投入了如此多工作的许多ASTA和CCTO成员,以使这一天成为现实。”
法规阐明了
After much lobbying and coordination with a broad coalition of travel industry associations and commercial organizations, Gonzalez and the Labor Federation drafted a provision to A.B. 5 to ensure that the determination of an individual’s status as either an employee or an independent contractor would be based on something called the “Borello” criteria.
To be exempted, agents must prove the following:
(A) The individual maintains a business location, which may include the individual's residence, that is separate from the hiring entity.
(B) If work is performed more than six months after the effective date of this section, the individual has a business license, in addition to any required professional licenses or permits for the individual to practice in their profession.
(c)个人有能力为执行的服务设置或协商自己的费率。
(d)在项目完成日期和合理的工作时间之外,个人有能力设置个人的时间。
(e)个人通常从事与另一个招聘实体进行合同下执行的相同类型的工作,或者将自己拒之门外,以便可以执行相同类型的工作。
(f)个人习惯和定期在服务绩效中行使酌处权和独立判断。
Additionally, to be covered as an "individual" under these criteria, the business must provide services through a sole proprietorship or other business entity and be regulated by the state’s Attorney General under California’s Business and Professions Code.
“I am convinced that our strategy of focusing on the California Seller of Travel law really paid off. Other professions that had received early exemptions were almost entirely professions that had licensing,” Embree said.
“尽管旅游业没有许可,但在加利福尼亚州,我们受旅行法卖方的总检察长监管。通过将该法律引起立法者和AB 5赞助商的加利福尼亚劳工联合会的注意,该法律在获得我们的豁免方面发挥了非常重要的作用。”
以前,A.B.5基于加利福尼亚最高法院的2018年“ Dynamex”判决,该裁决指出要宣布工人为IC,企业必须证明工人:1)没有公司控制权;2)执行不对于公司业务的核心工作;3)在其行业中拥有独立业务。必须满足所有这三个条件,以将工人分类为IC。
“即使在引入AB 5之前,CCTO也与立法者会面,以引起他们的注意,Dynamex决定可能对旅行行业产生的毁灭性影响,并寻求他们的帮助,以防止成千上万的旅行顾问的生计损失,她告诉旅行市场报告。beplay客服
独立代理人并不完全清晰
While the exemption is a major victory, there are some provisions of the amendment “that may require modest changes to current business practices,” ASTA noted. These include that an independent contractor (IC) must "maintain a business location, which may include the individual's residence, that is separate from the hiring entity" and must be "customarily engaged in the same type of work performed under the contract with another hiring entity" or must "hold themselves out to other potential customers as available to perform the same type of work."
ASTA说,要按照dynamex标准进行涵盖,IC必须符合加利福尼亚旅行法卖方,无论是注册还是有资格获得豁免注册要求。
“We'll be watching closely and engaging wherever necessary, but getting to this point is a huge win for ASTA and our members,” ASTA said in a note to members late last week.
一些协会和商业实体descended on California the last few months to articulate the case for independent travel agents, including ASTA national officials, the CCTO, California ASTA chapters, as well as the United States Tour Operators Association, Ensemble Travel Group, Professional Association of Travel Hosts, Signature Travel Network, the Student Youth Travel Association, Travel Leaders Network, Uniglobe Travel Center, Virtuoso, and WESTA.
“ CCTO拥有一个非常努力的董事会成员。他们中的一些人在最后一刻放弃了一切,以在委员会的听证会上作证。” Embree说。“ CCTO和National Asta建立了合作伙伴关系,两个组织共同努力协调游说工作和集思广益,以了解战略。”
ASTA还感谢一群供应商,包括Amawaterways,Carnival Corporation,Princess Cruises,Royal Caribbean/Azamara/Celebrity Cruises,Special Suelds Group和Travel Corporation。