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worker classification
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California Employment Law Update
After 19 Years of Litigation(!) And a $43 Million Award, Judgment in Escrow Officer Wage Case Is Largely Reversed
By Tony Oncidi
Cortina v. North Am. Title Co., 2026 WL 1506576 (Cal. Ct. App. 2026) In this 137-page opinion, which the Court of Appeal noted involves an even more “rare and beastly…
Australian Emergency Law
UK – Coastguard Rescue Officers are ‘workers’, not volunteers
By M. Eburn
The heading, above, is my summary of the decision in Maritime and Coastguard Agency v Groom [2026] EWCA Civ 6. This is an English case (EWCA stands for England and Wales Court of…
Milikowsky Tax Law Blog
Hiring Independent Contractors Can Trigger a Criminal Investigation
For many business owners, hiring independent contractors feels like a practical way to manage costs and maintain flexibility. In California, that decision carries real legal exposure if it is not…
Milikowsky Tax Law Blog
W-2 vs Independent Contractor in California: How Classification Decisions Impact Risk, Taxes, and Audits
Worker classification is one of the most important operational decisions a business makes. In California, that decision carries ongoing implications for payroll, compliance, and how your business is evaluated by…
Independent Contractor Misclassification & Compliance
Artificial Intelligence Firms Continue To Be Targeted for Independent Contractor Misclassification Claims: May 2026 IC Legal News Update
By Richard Reibstein Esq. of Littler Mendelson P.C.
In 2025, we published blog posts about two class action lawsuits by workers alleging independent contractor (IC) misclassification by two artificial intelligence (AI) companies. The first blog post involved an…
Independent Contractor Misclassification & Compliance
Do Businesses Need to Reset Their Independent Contractor Relationships After New Decision Involving ‘Streamers’?
By Richard Reibstein Esq. of Littler Mendelson P.C.
Businesses using independent contractors (ICs) that reside in any state that has a so-called ABC test to determine a worker’s IC status, including all companies that operate with ICs on…
The Employer Report
Asia Pacific in Focus: 2026 Employment Law Shifts Global Employers Can’t Ignore
By Caroline Burnett, Zheng Lu, Tomohisa Muranushi, Zhao Yang Ng, Thuy Hang Nguyen, Lawrence Shim*, Michael Starkey
Some historically more employer-friendly APAC jurisdictions are becoming harder to manage as employee protections expand and procedural requirements tighten. In 2026, the region is broadly politically stable, but economic caution,…
Blank Rome Workplace
Same ABCs, New Rules: New Jersey Finalizes Updated Regulatory Framework for Worker Classification
Gabrielle I. Weiss ● On May 5, 2026, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (“NJDOL”) filed its final rule adopting N.J.A.C. 12:11, which provides regulatory guidance on how…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
New Jersey Department of Labor Adopts New Regulations For Determining Whether A Worker Is An Independent Contractor or An Employee
New Jersey employers: On May 5, 2026, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development adopted new regulations clarifying the state’s statutory “ABC test” for determining whether a worker…
Legal Futures Blog
Solicitor fails in unfair dismissal after accepting redundancy
By Scott Jones
Tribunal: Solicitor was an independent contractorA solicitor who accepted a redundancy package and then became a consultant to work on a specified list of files has failed to convince an…