(iii) Not permitting any
employee, inspector, contractor, or other personnel to accept payment, gifts, or
favors of any kind, other than prescribed fees, from any business inspected: Except, That, a certifying agent that is a not - for - profit organization with an Internal Revenue Code tax exemption or, in the case
of a foreign certifying agent, a comparable recognition
of not - for - profit
status from its government, may accept voluntary labor from certified operations;
Very much related to this future
of the gig economy, yesterday the California Supreme Court ruled in unanimous decision in
favor of independent contractors seeking
employee status from a delivery service.