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SOCW 5014: Law & Ethics in Social Work

Resources for legal research, citing legal resources, and legal sources in psycho-social journals..

References

California Business and Professions Code, §§ 4980, 4996, 4999.

Caldwell, B. (2019, September 29). California’s AB5 signed. How will it impact therapists’ work as independent contractors? Psychotherapy Notes. https://www.psychotherapynotes.com/californias-ab5-counselors-therapists-independent-contractors/

Kopels, S., & Kagle, J. D. (1993). Do Social Workers Have a Duty to Warn? Social Service Review, 67(1), 101-126. https://www.jstor.org/stable/30012185

Labor Commissioner’s Office. California Department of Industrial Relations.  (2023, January). Independent contractor versus employee. https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/faq_independentcontractor.htm

Mathews, B., & Kenny, M. C. (2008). Mandatory Reporting Legislation in the United States, Canada, and Australia: A Cross-Jurisdictional Review of Key Features, Differences, and Issues. Child Maltreatment, 13(1), 50-63. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077559507310613

Melton, G. B. (2005). Mandated Reporting: A Policy without Reason. Child Abuse & Neglect, 29(1), 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2004.05.005

National Association for Social Workers [NASW]. (2019, December 19). AB 5 Independent Contractor Bill: What It Means For Social Workers In CA . California News. https://naswcanews.org/ab-5-independent-contractor-bill-what-it-means-for-social-workers-in-ca/

National Association for Social Workers. California Chapter, (n.d.). Social Work Title Protection. Advocacy and Political Action. https://www.naswca.org/page/174

Pollack, D. (2007). Should Social Workers Be Mandated Reporters of Child Maltreatment? An International Legal Perspective. International Social Work, 50(5), 699-705. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872807079938

 

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Assembly Bill 5

Examples of how to Reference "AB5" (updated independent contractor law) in APA style:

[Labor and Unemployment Insurance Code Amendments], (2019). Cal. Labor Code § 3351, § 2750.3, Unemployment Insurance Code §§  606 - 621. 

Worker status: employees and independent contractors,  Cal. Assemb. B. 5 (2018-2019), Chapter 296 (Cal. Stat. 2019). 

Cal. Labor Code § 3531

LBC section 3531