A group of manicurists and nail salons in California dropped their lawsuit challenging a state law that banned certain workers from being classified as independent contractors.
The group—which claimed the law illegally targeted Vietnamese women who disproportionately made up the workforce of nail technicians—filed a notice Tuesday to dismiss their suit in the US District Court for the Central District of California.
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) Oct. 3 signed a law that allowed California manicurists to regain their right to be classified as independent contractors for now, according to a joint status reportVietnamese Americans make up 82% of all …