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worker classification
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Milikowsky Tax Law Blog
Tax Season is Over, EDD Audit Season Begins
Now that the April filing deadline has passed, small business owners may be asking: what’s next? As tempting as it may be to put off thinking of taxes until next year,…
Wage & Hour Law Update
DOL Announces Plan to Issue New Independent Contractor Final Rule
By Jeffrey W. Brecher, Justin R. Barnes, Adam L. Lounsbury
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced its intention to issue a new final rule regarding the employee-vs.-independent contractor analysis under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). That announcement…
Who Is My Employee?
The Ohio Supreme Court Just Made It Much Harder to Win a Misclassification Dispute
In the middle of the Bering Sea sit two islands, Little Diomede (U.S.) and Big Diomede (Russia). They sit less than three miles apart, but Big Diomede is 21 hours…
Milikowsky Tax Law Blog
5 Misconceptions of Independent Contractors
New classification guidelines between W-2 employees and 1099 independent contractors place stricter rules for businesses looking to hire. Common misconceptions about independent contractors can lead to businesses misclassifying workers and…
Colorado Construction Litigation
Colorado’s Workers’ Compensation Act and the Construction Industry
In general, issues relating to employment law occur in all industries. However, some issues are more likely to be raised in certain employment contexts. For example, office work environments tend…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Prince on the Current State of Employee Classification Laws
Samantha Prince now has the final version of her new article, The Shoe Is about to Drop for the Platform Economy: Understanding the Current Worker Classification Landscape in Preparation for…
Achkar Law Blog
Independent Contractor v Dependent Contractor
While many people are familiar with the distinction between employees and independent contractors. There is also a third category of workers, “dependent contractors”, which has been increasingly recognised in the…
Who Is My Employee?
Beware of Snakes: Court of Appeals to Decide Whether Student-Athletes Are Employees under FLSA
Snakes have been in the news lately. A Maryland man was recently found dead in his home, killed by a venomous snake bite. This might seem surprising, until you learn…
Who Is My Employee?
It’s a Mistake? Too Bad. NLRB Might Soon Make Misclassification an Automatic Unfair Labor Practice
Cover art from the single, released on Epic RecordsIn the early 80s, I had two cassettes by the Australian band Men at Work — Business as Usual, released in 1981,…
California Employment Law Update
California Continues to Go to the Dogs
By Tony Oncidi, Dylan K. Tedford
On March 17, Rover—a digital application connecting pet owners with daily pet-care providers—argued to the Ninth Circuit that it should uphold a California federal judge’s finding that a dog-sitter was…