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Global Workplace Insider
Uber drivers found to be employees in California: Canadian provinces to follow?
A recent decision from the California Labour Commission (the Commission) has held that drivers from the popular Uber service are employees and not independent contractors. This decision has sparked public…
Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
Signing an independent contractor agreement doesn’t make you one
By Mike Helfand
One of the interesting things about the law is that it's always changing or evolving. This is why we recommend that when you hire an attorney, you choose one who…
Wage & Hour Insights
DOL Wage and Hour Division to “Clarify” FLSA Independent Contractor Definition
By FranczekPC
The DOL’s Wage and Hour Division expanded its already busy agenda, announcing upcoming guidance on the Fair Labor Standards Act’s definition of “independent contractor.” WHD Administrator David Weil, speaking at…
California Workplace Law Blog
Joint Employers Can be Held Liable for Employee Misclassification, California Court Rules
In a wage-and-hour class action filed by food and beverage vendors working in California entertainment arenas, the California Court of Appeal has ruled that a state Labor Code provision making…
Wage & Hour Law Update
WHD Administrator Weil Announces Impending “Administrator Interpretation” Regarding Contractor Status
“Administrator’s Interpretations” from the Wage Hour Division have been relatively few and far between since their implementation in 2010. However, on Friday Administrator David Weil, speaking at a conference at…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: Assistive Animals, Movie Theater Antitrust, Worker Classification
We wrap things up and head into the evening once again with our Top 10. In it, Kevin Lacroix has an interesting piece on Elizabeth Warren taking some shots at…
Supplemental Conditions
Department of Labor To Ramp Up Worker Classification Audits
In recent years, government regulators has stepped up enforcement actions against companies that wrongfully classify workers as independent contractors rather than employees. According to the Wall Street Journal, those actions…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
Wage-Hour Audits: Lessons Learned From Chipotle’s Heartburn
By Michael Fucci, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Co-authored by Dennis Clifford and Rachel Hoffer Beloved burrito-maker Chipotle Mexican Grill has found itself in a situation messier than the finger foods that brought the company more than $4…
Employment & Labor
Upcoming WEBINAR: Saying It’s So, Doesn’t Make it So: Independent Contractor v. Employee Status
Summary of Program The risks involved in misclassifying a worker as an independent contractor rather than an employee have always been serious. A number of federal and state agencies regulate…
Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
NFL Cheerleaders To Be Deemed “Employees” And Protected Under Proposed Law
With the NFL draft just completed (and my Giants taking a much needed offensive lineman) it is ironic that a law focusing on wage hour rights of NFL team cheerleaders…