BILL NUMBER: AB 2449	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Norby

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 3202 of the Labor Code, relating to
independent contractors.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2449, as introduced, Norby. Workers' compensation: independent
contractors.
   Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system to
compensate an employee for an injury sustained in the course of his
or her employment. Existing law requires that these provisions be
liberally construed by the courts with the purpose of extending the
benefits of these provisions for the protection of persons injured in
the course of their employment.
   This bill would, require that these provisions be strictly
construed by the courts with respect to what constitutes an
independent contractor, as defined for purposes of limiting the
inappropriate extension of these benefits to persons not intended to
receive them.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 3202 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
   3202.   (a)    This division and Division 5
(commencing with Section 6300) shall be liberally construed by the
courts with the purpose of extending their benefits for the
protection of persons injured in the course of their employment. 

   (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), for the purpose of limiting
the inappropriate extension of benefits to persons who were not
intended to receive them, this division shall be strictly construed
by the courts with respect to what constitutes an independent
contractor, as defined in Section 3357.