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Employee Classification
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California Peculiarities Employment Law Blog
Don’t Be An Amateur: Are Your “Professionals” Properly Classified?
By Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
By Catherine Dacre, Emily Barker, and Matthew Mason One would think that an employee would prefer being deemed a “professional.” But when faced with the possibility of receiving additional income,…
World of Employment
College Football Players Are Employees? Who’s Next?
The NLRB’s Regional Director in Chicago issued a decision on March 26 in 13-RC-121359 finding the football players at Northwestern University are employees under the NLRA, over the objections of…
Employee Benefits Law Report
NLRB classification of athletes as employees highlights a health care reform land mine
Employers have always been concerned about the potential for worker reclassification, but health care reform and a recent NLRB decision take this issue to an entirely new level. “Large” employers…
Workforce Bulletin
President Obama’s Announcement Regarding Overtime Regulations: If It Is As Big Of A Deal As They Say It Is, Beware Of A New Wave Of Class Action Lawsuits
By Aaron Olsen
By Aaron Olsen President Obama’s announcement last week that he was ordering the Labor Department to revise the regulations concerning who can be classified as “executive or professional” employees has…
HR Defense
The Audit’s Done, and We Need to Reclassify – Now What?
Let's assume you've done an internal audit, or one required by the Department of Labor, and found – as so many companies do – that certain titles/positions require reclassification from…
Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
Employers Fear Exemption Audits And Then Some
I just read a recent article about survey results that indicate that employers fear wage hour suits contesting employee classification as exempt (or not). The report advised that “in recent years, employers…
Alabama Employment Law Report
DOL Strikes Out S.F. Giants: 74 Employees Paid $545K Under FLSA
The Department of Labor announced that the SF Giants agreed to pay $544,715 in back wages and liquidated damages to 74 employees, covering a 3 year period. After an investigation, the…
California Peculiarities Employment Law Blog
Blurred Lines: When Manner Meets Means
By Mark P. Grajski, Anthony J. Musante
in·de·pen·dent adjective ˌin-də-ˈpen-dənt 1: not dependent: as a (1) : not subject to control by others con·trac·tor noun 1 usually ˈkän-ˌtrak-tər, 2 usually kən-ˈ 1: one that contracts or is…
Law and the Workplace
Illinois Expands Employee Classification Act
On July 23, 2013, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn (Dem.) signed into law two amendments to the Employee Classification Act, a law that regulates the classification of workers in the construction…
Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
Your employer calls you an independent contractor, but are you?
By Mike Helfand
An employer can call you whatever they want, for their purposes, but it doesn’t carry much weight when it comes to what you’re entitled to under employment laws. If you…