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worker classification
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Napoli Shkolnik Blog
Understanding the Uber Lawsuit
Uber drivers have filed a class action lawsuit claiming they have been misclassified as independent contractors and are entitled to be reimbursed for their expenses that Uber should have to…
Workers’ Compensation Law Prof Blog
New Tennessee “Gig” Law: “Handyman Special” or New Flavor of Opt-Out
Tennessee has just passed a law (HB 1978/SB 1967) that will undoubtedly make it significantly easier for companies to classify their workers as independent contractors rather than employees, thereby lowering…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
NLRB Invites Briefs Regarding Whether Worker Misclassification Violates The NLRA
By Robert T. Dumbacher, Ronald Meisburg
Recently the National Labor Relations Board invited interested parties and amici to submit briefs in Velox Express, Inc. to address under what circumstances, if any, the Board should deem an…
Cooking with SALT
GAME ON: Louisiana Department of Revenue and Other State Agencies Look to Even the Score on Employee Misclassification
The Louisiana Department of Revenue (DOR) has joined forces with other Louisiana agencies to crackdown on employee misclassification and failure to withhold payroll taxes. The GAME ON (Government Against Misclassified…
Management Memo
NLRB Invites Comments on Employee Misclassification – Employment Law This Week
Featured on Employment Law This Week: Should the misclassification of an employee as an independent contractor be found to violate the NLRA? The National Labor Relations Board is seeking amicus briefs on…
Louisiana Law Blog
Misclassifying Employees as Independent Contractors could Violate the NLRA
Deciding whether to classify workers as employees or independent contractors is an ongoing issue for companies. Misclassifying employees as independent contractors can draw the ire of federal and state agencies…
The Employer Report
Score One For The Gig Economy: California Federal Judge Upholds Independent Contractor Status Of Grubhub Delivery Driver
By Todd K. Boyer, Caroline Burnett, Adeola Olowude
On February 8, 2018, in what is believed to be the first time a gig economy case has been fully decided on the merits, a California federal judge ruled in…
Global Workplace Insider
Absence of work-wages bargain crucial for Fair Work Commission in concluding that an Uber driver was not an employee
By David Cross, Norah Chafardet
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) recently handed down a decision[1] which concluded that an Uber driver was not an employee for the purposes of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)…
Employment Class Action Blog
Faulty Statistics Lead to Decertification of California Wage and Hour Case
By Greg Mersol
Nearly four years ago, the California Supreme Court issued its decision in the case of Duran v. U.S. Bank National Ass’n, 59 Cal. 4th 1 (2014), in which it virtually…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
California Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument to Define “Independent Contractor”
Co-authored by Rabia Z. Reed and Ryan McCoy Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday morning in Dynamex Operations v. Superior Court, a case addressing the legal standard…