employee Archives - Mike South The institute for the advance study of insensitivity and pornography Fri, 07 Jul 2023 05:35:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/mikesouth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 employee Archives - Mike South 32 32 1788040 Porn Stars are now “employees” in California as AB5 just passed https://mikesouth.com/legal/porn-stars-are-now-employees-in-california-as-ab5-just-passed-51520/ https://mikesouth.com/legal/porn-stars-are-now-employees-in-california-as-ab5-just-passed-51520/#comments Wed, 02 Oct 2019 15:40:28 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=51520 California bill AB5 has passed. Everyone is busy focusing on how this affects Uber drivers but as we spoke about last June, it’s a big deal for porn stars too. The California Labor Federation just tweeted a confirmation of what we have said all along, porn stars are now “employees”. “As a worker in the […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/legal/porn-stars-are-now-employees-in-california-as-ab5-just-passed-51520/feed/ 3 51520 Could porn stars be forced into being employees of porn studios? https://mikesouth.com/industry/could-porn-stars-be-forced-into-being-employees-of-porn-studios-47619/ https://mikesouth.com/industry/could-porn-stars-be-forced-into-being-employees-of-porn-studios-47619/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2019 05:43:24 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=47619 The state of California is trying to pass AB5, a new bill that they claim would protect “gig economy workers” like those who drive for Uber or Postmates. But it also means that porn stars would have to be paid as employees instead of contractors. Experts are saying the bill, which first has yet to […]

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