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A Look At Worker Classification As Calif. Faces $15 Min. Wage
By Mark Kemple
The U.S. House of Representatives has introduced a bill to implement a national $15 per hour minimum wage as part of President Joe Biden's initial legislative push. And while currently…
Employment Law Worldview
Biden’s DOL Withdraws Trump-Era Opinion Letters Regarding “Gig Economy” Workers and Sleeping Truck Drivers (US)
On February 19, 2021, the US Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) withdrew two Trump-era opinion letters. The first, FLSA2019-6, discussed whether a service provider for a…
Gig Employer Blog
Biden DOL Shreds Trump-Era Gig Economy Guidance Letter
The new administration’s efforts to reverse course on many of the gains that gig economy businesses achieved under previous White House leadership took another step today as the Department of…
Taking Care of HR Business
Are You Paying Attention to your Classifications?
DOL Scraps Trump-era Interpretative Letters and 60,000 U.K. Uber Drivers Entitled to Worker Benefits It has been a big day for changes on the worker classification front. In the last…
Hermann Law Our Blog
Gig Workers: You Might Really be Employees
Employers try to misclassify gig workers as independent contractors to avoid compliance with wage and overtime laws. However, all across the country, gig workers are being protected more and more…
Gig Employer Blog
Biden’s Labor Department Delays Gig Economy Rule And Seeks New Public Input
By Publisher
As we predicted, the Biden administration signed an order immediately after taking charge of the White House halting the advancement of the Department of Labor’s new independent contractor rule. Now…
Who Is My Employee?
Waiting for Something? Here’s What to Expect from the NLRB
Our Amazon delivery driver snapped this photo yesterday, when leaving a package at my door. There’s Zippy, waiting patiently and watching. Her dog treats arrived in a separate delivery yesterday,…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
Policy Matters Podcast – Episode 6: How California’s Controversial Worker Classification Test Could Affect Federal Policy
Recorded by Scott Mallery and Eric Lloyd Often, what happens in California is a good bellwether for what could happen in the policy space on a federal level. And we…
Who Is My Employee?
Stop Licking My Face? DOL Rescinds Independent Contractor Guidance
In this issue of Science Focus Magazine, the BBC tackles the difficult question of Why Do Dogs Lick People? Says Dr Emily Blackwell, a lecturer in companion animal behaviour and…
Gig Employer Blog
Biden’s Ambitious Plan To Take On The Gig Economy May Run Into An Unlikely Snag: His Own Party
Joe Biden made no secret about his position on the gig economy when he was in campaign mode. “Employer misclassification of ‘gig economy’ workers as independent contractors deprives these workers…