Dynamex v. Super. Court
Annotate this CasePlaintiff, seeking to represent approximately 1,800 drivers engaged by Dynamex as independent contractors, filed suit against Dynamex for violation of California law when the courier and delivery services company converted the status of all drivers from employee to independent contractor. After Dynamex's motion to decertify the class was denied, the company petitioned for a writ of mandate. The court issued an order to show cause why respondent superior court should not be compelled to vacate its order denying the motion to decertify the class; granted the petition in part; concluded that the superior court correctly allowed plaintiffs to rely on the Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC) definition of an employment relationship for purposes of those claims falling within the scope of Wage Order No. 9-2001; with respect to those claims falling outside the scope of the Wage Order, the common law definition of employee will control; and as to those claims, the court granted the petition to allow the superior court to reevaluate whether, in light of the Supreme Court's decision in Ayala v. Antelope Valley Newspapers, Inc., class certification remains appropriate by focusing its analysis on differences in the defendant's right to exercise control rather than variations in how that right was exercised.
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