More Lawsuits on Horizon for Calif. Gig Companies, Other Sectors

• Lawsuits against Postmates, Lyft among first filed under new state test to determine employee status • Practitioners predict more litigation for companies in California that rely on independent contractors • Question remains on how new test applies to business expense reimbursement

A pair of gig economy companies face fresh lawsuits in California under a new test for worker classification, and they may be a sign of more to come.

The state supreme courtadopteda new test in April that makes it harder for companies to classify workers as independent contractors. The ABC test the court adopted in the ...