The Dynamex ruling does seem to touch on this; Dynamex, in fact, seemed to claim that California wage orders would only apply to joint employers as the core of

The Dynamex ruling does seem to touch on this; Dynamex, in fact, seemed to claim that California wage orders would only apply to joint employers as the core of their appeal (this ruling seems to take that as a given; and extend it beyond that). This appears to be coemployment question that is raised in the original article. I don't think the courts (especially CA ones) will look fondly on companies using intermediate corporations as veils to obfuscate the employment relationship in any case.