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worker classification
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Labor & Employment Report
Independent Contractor Status
Employers and individuals often seek to call their relationship contractor/independent contractor -- not employer/employee. Courts are increasingly resistant to such artificial designations. The Federal Court in Maryland, in a lawsuit claiming overtime…
California Employment Law Update
California Law Should Have Been Applied To Determine If Drivers Were Employees Or Independent Contractors
By Tony Oncidi
Ruiz v. Affinity Logistics Corp., 667 F.3d 1318 (9th Cir. 2012) Fernando Ruiz and similarly situated drivers filed a class action against Affinity alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards…
California Employment Law Update
Employer Was Deprived Of Due Process By Trial Court’s Erroneous Use Of Representative Sampling
By Tony Oncidi
Duran v. U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n, 203 Cal. App. 4th 212 (2012) U.S. Bank ("USB") appealed a $15 million judgment that was entered against it following a bifurcated bench trial.…
Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
Swamp People Can Be Employees Too! Louisiana Joins DOL “Team” On Independent Contractor Crackdown
I have often posted on independent contractor issues and had posted about the new initiative undertaken by the federal Department of Labor to share information with the States in a…
Wage & Hour Insights
Louisiana Joins the DOL’s Misclassification Initiative
By FranczekPC
Louisiana is the latest State to sign a Memorandum of Understanding and join forces with the U.S. Department of Labor to combat employee misclassification. These Memorandums of Understanding with state…
Wage and Hour Defense Blog
U.S. DOL And California Team Up To Crack Down On Misclassification Of Workers As Independent Contractors
By Michael Kun Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division and the California Secretary of Labor announced that they were teaming up to crack down on…
California Employment Law
California and DOL join forces
California and U.S. Department of Labor cooperating to go after employers who misclassify employees as independent contractors.
Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
California Joins The U.S. Department of Labor In Its Fight Against Misclassification
On February 9, 2012, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced that California has entered into a “memo of understanding” to work with the DOL to “end the practice of…
Workforce Bulletin
U.S. DOL And California Team Up To Crack Down On Misclassification Of Workers As Independent Contractors
By Aaron Olsen
By Michael Kun Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division and the California Secretary of Labor announced that they were teaming up to crack down on employers…
Employment Class Action Blog
California Appeals Court Rejects Attempt to Try California Misclassification Case by Statistics
The California Court of Appeal issued a rare decision in favor of employers last week, when it reversed a class action judgment of $15 million and decertified a class of…