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Hiring To Firing Law Blog
Virginia Governor Creates Task Force on Worker Misclassification and Payroll Fraud
By Troutman Pepper Locke's Labor + Employment Group
The following information was sent out yesterday (August 21, 2014) by members of our Labor & Employment team in Virginia. If you have employees in Virginia, you need to read…
Wage & Hour Law Update
Virginia Governor Signs Executive Order Establishing Joint Task Force on Worker Misclassification and Payroll Fraud
Virginia employers may see more robust worker misclassification enforcement and enhanced cooperation between state agencies with respect to misclassification issues in the near future. Following the lead of the federal…
World of Employment
California Supreme Court Makes It Easier For Workers in Misclassification Cases To Obtain Class Certification
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Wage & Hour Law Update
Virginia Judge Rejects Highly Compensated IT Professional’s Misclassification Claim
The FLSA’s technical “white collar exemption” regulations, slated for review and potential overhaul later this year, allow plaintiffs’ attorneys and even the highly paid employees they represent to challenge exempt…
California Employment Law Update
Class Action Plaintiffs Must Develop A Trial Plan That May Include Statistical Sampling
By Tony Oncidi
Duran v. U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n, 59 Cal. 4th 1 (2014) Plaintiffs in this case are loan officers for U.S. Bank ("USB") who claim they were misclassified as exempt employees…
Independent Contractor Misclassification & Compliance
Another Logistics and Delivery Company Found to Have Misclassified its Drivers as Independent Contractors
By Richard Reibstein Esq. of Littler Mendelson P.C.
The use of independent contractors in the logistics and home delivery industry has suffered another legal setback. Earlier this week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit,…
Employment Law Spotlight
Ninth Circuit Shows No Affinity for Independent Contractor Status in Delivery Drivers
Delivering another blow to the independent contractor model, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held this week that furniture delivery drivers for Affinity Logistics were employees under California law, not…
Employment Class Action Blog
Interns Win One, Lose One, In Having Misclassification Cases Conditionally Certified In New York
By Greg Mersol
There has been a great deal of coverage involving litigation by interns against various media and entertainment companies in New York. We won’t recount the many articles, blogs, and discussions…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
California Supreme Court issues Duran Opinion
On May 29, 2014, the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion in Duran v. U.S. Bank National Association, remanding the case to the trial court due to the trial…
Employment Class Action Blog
Ninth Circuit Narrowly Upholds Class Settlement In Misclassification Case
By Greg Mersol
We’ve commented several times recently on the increasing scrutiny courts are giving to class action settlements generally, and to attorney fee awards in particular. A recent decision from the Ninth…