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worker classification
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Who Is My Employee?
Beware of Bright Shiny Objects: Home Health Care Company Gets Whacked in Misclassification Claim
Alabama jewelry store owner Slater Jones owns a two-carat diamond. That might not seem surprising, but stay with me here. Jones keeps the diamond in his eye. Literally, in his…
Regulatory Oversight
New Jersey Attorney General and Department of Labor Receive Payment Under Lyft Settlement
By Troutman Pepper Locke State Attorneys General Team
On September 18, 2025, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) and the Office of the New Jersey Attorney General (AG) announced that Lyft had paid $19,435,087.06…
Regulatory Oversight
Minnesota AG Ellison Reaches $800,000 Settlement With Shipt on Worker Classification
By Troutman Pepper Locke State Attorneys General Team
On September 26, 2025, Minnesota Attorney General (AG) Keith Ellison announced a $800,000 settlement with Shipt, Inc. (Shipt). The settlement resolves allegations that the company was misclassifying its workers (referred…
Class Action Defense Blog
The Class Action Weekly Wire – Episode 123: Delivery Drivers Seek Approval For $24.8 Million Misclassification Class Action Settlement
Duane Morris Takeaway: This week’s episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features Duane Morris partners Jerry and Daniel Spencer Quay with their analysis of a proposed $24.8 million settlement…
California Employment Law Report
New 2026 Employment Law Requirements in California: Key Bills Signed, Vetoed, and What’s Next
California’s 2025 legislative session has officially wrapped, and Governor Gavin Newsom has made his final decisions on hundreds of bills sent to his desk before the October 13 deadline. For…
Class Action Defense Blog
Illinois Federal Court Allows FLSA Collective Action To Proceed In Misclassification Case
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Gregory Tsonis, and Christian J. Palacios Duane Morris Takeaways: On August 22, 2025, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelley for the Northern District of Illinois ruled…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Make Way for the ‘Gateway Test’: Upcoming Changes to New Zealand’s Independent Contractor Law
By By: Kristyn L. Lambert, Goli Rahimi
Quick Hits Currently, New Zealand authorities apply four overlapping tests when assessing misclassification. The Employment Relations Amendment Bill 2025, expected to pass later this year, would provide a preliminary filter,…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Fourth Circuit Preserves $9 Million Award to Nurses Misclassified as Independent Contractors
By By: Corie J. Anderson, Cynthia A. Bremer
Quick Hits The Fourth Circuit recently concluded that a medical staffing company misclassified about 1,100 Certified Nursing Assistants, Licensed Nurse Practitioners, and Registered Nurses who worked for the company from…
Working: Now and Then
The Disappearing Worker: On the Crisis of Misclassification
By Natalie Pfeifle The Law Students on Workers’ Rights series publishes essays from current and incoming students from top law schools across the country. These essays, submitted for the Charles…
Who Is My Employee?
Just Like the Dress: Why Balancing Tests for Worker Classification Can Be So Unpredictable
Remember the dress that broke the internet? In 2015, this image was widely circulated on Facebook, with some people seeing the dress as white and gold, others seeing it as…