Topic
Employee Classification
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The CPA Desk
How to Classify Your NFP’s Workers for Tax Purposes
By Emily Smikal
Employees or independent contractors? It’s not only for-profit companies that struggle with the question of how to classify workers for federal tax purposes. Not-for-profit organizations must withhold and pay Social…
California Employment Law
Shutdown Averted – Lyft and Uber’s AB-5 Battle With California Heats Up
The fate of rideshare companies in California has taken several dramatic twists today following last week’s preliminary injunction enjoining Lyft and Uber from classifying their drivers as independent contractors. The…
Who Is My Employee?
Here’s a Question I Was Asked Three Times This Week (and the Answer)
Zippy on vacation The word “sunset” can be used to signify many things. My personal favorite is the one pictured here. That’s Zippy enjoying the view this past weekend in…
Who Is My Employee?
“Who Was That Masked Man?” It Could be Your Independent Contractor.
From 1949 to 1957, The Lone Ranger ruled the airwaves. As recounted in the all-knowing wikipedia: “At the end of each episode, mission completed, one of the characters would always ask…
CAP·impact
AB 5
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/ab-5 AB 5 was enacted into law on September 18th of 2019 as Chapter 296 and its provisions went into effect on January 1, 2020. In Section 1 of the…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Zelinsky on A.B.5
Edward A. Zelinsky (Cardozo) has just posted on SSRN his article (forthcoming 70 Catholic U. L. Rev.) Defining Who Is An Employee After A.B.5: Trading Uniformity and Simplicity for Expanded…
Workers’ Compensation Law Prof Blog
Disasters and Fissures: Coronavirus, Google, the Unworthy Sick, and Workers’ Compensation Causation
UPDATE: They've apparently heard the complaint, as reported in Business Insider. Thought provoking piece in today’s The Guardian highlighting yet another dimension of the fissured workplace. If you are a “contract”…
Texas Labor Law Blog
Independent Contractor or Employee
Photo by Marco Xu on Unsplash Are your workers independent contractors or employees? How can you tell the difference? What are the rules to determine whether a worker is an independent contractor in…
Gig Employer Blog
New Jersey Ramps Up Misclassification Laws, But Businesses Dodge Bullet (For Now)
New Jersey Ramps Up Misclassification Laws, But Businesses Dodge Bullet (For Now) New Jersey businesses will now face an increased slate of potential penalties for misclassification violations thanks to a…
Employment & Labor
Upcoming Seminar: Life After Dynamex and AB 5 – Independent Contractors v. Employees
Summary of Program The risks involved in misclassifying a worker as an independent contractor rather than an employee have always been serious. A number of federal and state agencies regulate…