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Employee Classification
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Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
Are You An Independent Contractor Or Employee?
By Mike Helfand
I've written on this blog a few times that one of the ways an employer, usually a trucking company but not always, tries to screw you out of Illinois workers'…
Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
Beauty School Students Are “Dropouts” From the FLSA According to Seventh Circuit
In the movie “Grease,” there is a song entitled “Beauty School Dropout,” sung by Frankie Avalon. Well, in a legal version of that number, the Seventh Circuit has affirmed that…
Pennsylvania Labor & Employment Blog
The End is Here (or Near) – District Court Formally Strikes Down 2016 FLSA Overtime Regulations
By Adam R. Long
On August 31, 2017, Judge Amos L. Mazzant III of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued an order holding that the 2016 Fair Labor Standards…
Benefits Law Advisor
New Bill Could Add Safe Harbor to Definition of Employee
In the employee benefits world, a lot can hang on an individual’s classification as an employee. Whether someone is a leased employee, an independent contractor, or a member of the…
Work Comp & Employment Law Insight
Employee vs. Independent Contractor in South Dakota
The issue of independent contractor versus employer has been litigated in South Dakota. There is a presumption that the worker was an employee and it is the employer’s burden to…
California Employment Law Update
Foreign National Who Worked For Travel Tour Company Was An Employee, Not An Intern Or Exempt Manager
By Tony Oncidi
Kao v. Joy Holiday, 2017 WL 2590653 (Cal. Ct. App. 2017) Ming-Hsiang Kao was employed by Joy Holiday (a travel tour company) initially performing IT-related duties and then eventually as…
Course and Scope
Court: Temps May Not be “Employees” Under Workers Compensation Law, Allowing Lawsuit
By Law Offices of James F. Aspell. P.C.
Article by Attorney Gary S. Starr, Esquire of Shipman and Goodwin, LLP of Hartford. Used with permission. Employers who use a staffing company to supplement their employees may find themselves…
GT L&E Blog
DOL Announces Reversal of Employee/Independent Contractor Classification & Joint Employer Guidance
On June 7, 2017, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) reversed its previous guidance issued during the administration of President Barack Obama that broadened the circumstances in which employers…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
Department of Labor Announces a Rollback of Obama Administration Policies on Joint Employment and Employee Classification
In a press release issued this morning, the Department of Labor has announced that it is withdrawing two administrative interpretations issued by the Department of Labor under the Obama administration…
Employment Law Letter
Webinar: Classifying Your Workforce: Exempt vs. Non-Exempt Employees
By Henry J. Zaccardi, Ashley L. Marshall
This complimentary webinar will discuss wage and hour classification of exempt versus non-exempt employees in the big three categories: executive, administrative and professional. Presenters will provide an overview of the…