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worker classification
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Hunton Retail Law Resource
Massachusetts District Court Rejects Employee Classification for Franchisees
On September 10, 2020, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a Memorandum and Order granting summary judgment in favor of a franchisor in response to…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Stripping Away the Arguments, Exotic Dancers Prevail in Misclassification Case
Among the employment law questions that most people ask, I can tell you that "Are strippers independent contractors or employees?" isn't one of them. And yet, having posed the question,…
Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
New USDOL Independent Contractor Rule Helps Putative Employers
The Trump Administration has tried to help business and employers in many ways, including loosening USDOL rules (and views) over many things. One topic of special interest on this front…
Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
Company Asserts Novel Defense In Fighting FLSA Independent Contractor Misclassification Action
When people are employees, the deductions that may be made from their wages are limited and many items that would be classified as employer business expenses cannot be deducted from…
Who Is My Employee?
Whaddaya Call It? DOL Proposes New Independent Contractor Test
Soda or pop? Pill bug or roly poly? What you call things depends on where you live. In 2014, the New York Times published this 25-question dialect quiz that will…
Internet Newsletter for Lawyers
Regulation of the gig economy
The gig economy has garnered heavy criticism since it became an integral part of the world of work over the past decade or so. On the one hand it has…
Wage and Hour Defense Blog
November Elections May Decide Fate of Gig Worker Classification Regulations
By Paul DeCamp, Michael (Mike) S. Kun
We recently authored “Elections May Decide Fate of Gig Worker Classification Regs,” the first of a series of articles on wage and hour issues for Law360. Subscribers can access the full…
Employment Law Watch
U.S. Department of Labor proposes new “reality” for classifying independent contractors
By Mark S. Goldstein, Leora Grushka
This week, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a new rule that would create a uniform approach to the way companies classify workers as independent contractors or employees under…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
New Joint Employer Regulation Struck Down
I have previously written about joint employers. See my posts here and here. TheTrump administration tried to make it harder to show a joint employer relationship. It adopted an interpretive…
Employment Law Worldview
US Department of Labor Proposes New (and Relaxed) Independent Contractor Test (US)
On September 22, 2020, the US Department of Labor (DOL) issued proposed regulations aimed at codifying the classification of independent contractors under federal wage and hour law. If adopted—and the…