Sections
8 entriesSection 18100Allows the part to be known and cited as the "Freelance Worker Protection Act," establishing that short title for references to the…Section 18101Defines freelance worker as a person or one-person organization retained as a bona fide independent contractor for professional services totaling at least…Section 18102Requires a hiring party, unless law provides otherwise, to pay a freelance worker by the contract due date or, if none is…Section 18103Requires a hiring party retaining a freelance worker to use a written contract, give the worker a signed physical or electronic copy,…Section 18104Bars waiver of any provision in the part by declaring every such waiver contrary to public policy, void, and unenforceable. The rule…Section 18105Prohibits a hiring party from discriminating or taking adverse action against a freelance worker that penalizes or is reasonably likely to deter…Section 18106Allows an aggrieved freelance worker or public prosecutor to sue to enforce the part, with prevailing plaintiffs entitled to fees, costs, injunctions,…Section 18107Limits the part's application to contracts that are entered into or renewed on or after January 1, 2025. Contracts neither entered into…