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IRS Announces Lower Cost Amnesty Program for Worker Classification Issues
Employers who believe that they may have been erroneously classifying employees as independent contractors may now take advantage of a new IRS voluntary compliance program. This program allows employers to…
Employment & Labor
Government Agencies Joining Together to Attack Misclassified Independent Contractors
By: Meagan Christiansen Just this week, the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced they are joining together to prevent employers from misclassifying employees as independent contractors. On…
Independent Contractor Misclassification & Compliance
U.S. Labor Department and IRS Sign Pacts to Coordinate Their Crack Downs on Independent Contractor Misclassification
By Richard Reibstein Esq. of Littler Mendelson P.C.
On September 19, 2011, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman signed a Memorandum of Understanding to coordinate both agencies’ law enforcement efforts aimed at businesses that…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
IRS Announces Voluntary Program For Companies to Reclassify Workers as Employees
Authored by Jeff Burns On September 22, 2011 the IRS announced a new Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (VCSP) that allows companies (technically, any taxpayer) to voluntarily reclassify workers as employees…
Employment & Labor
Legislative Alert: Employee Misclassification Bill Sent to Governor
By: James Kachmar On September 14, 2011, the California Legislature enrolled Senate Bill 459 and presented it to Governor Jerry Brown for signature. (As of the time of this post, the…
Employment Class Action Blog
Eighth Circuit Affirms Enforcement of Class Action Waivers and Explores Case Disposition Issues
By John Lewis
In a terse but well-reasoned decision, the Eighth Circuit recently affirmed the grant of a motion to compel arbitration and enforced a class action waiver despite arguments that it was…
Franchise Law Update
The Massachusetts Legislature Responds to Awuah v. Coverall
Contributed by Tom Kent In Massachusetts and elsewhere, the debate continues with respect to whether a franchisee is properly classified as an employee or an independent contractor. Last year, in…
Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
Another Trucker Independent Contractor Class Action: The Trend Continues
There have been many cases in which trucking companies have classified drivers as independent contractors, because this is common within the industry. However, as these cases have shown, if the…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
California Federal District Court Partially Relies On Dukes To Decertify A Class Of Store Managers Alleging Misclassification
On July 8th, partially relying on the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 20th decision in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes (for an analysis of the Dukes decision, see our previous blog…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Issues for Misclassification Lawsuits – Don’t Get Swept Up
The Connecticut Law Tribune this morning has word of a lawsuit by a group of individuals who say that as vacuum sellers, they were "hosed" by a company that, they…