This past month’s headline developments involve three major developments in the area of independent contractor (IC) misclassification. The first case involves a large department store that agreed to pay most of the costs of...more
4/6/2015
/ Adult Entertainment ,
Class Action ,
Delivery Drivers ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Franchises ,
Independent Contractors ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Lyft ,
Macy's ,
Misclassification ,
Retailers ,
Trucking Industry ,
Uber ,
Wage and Hour
This month’s headline developments are a set of cases reported in February dealing with class action IC misclassification claims: the highest court in a key state agreeing to decide whether a worker-friendly test should be...more
A number of our blog posts since October 2010, including our monthly updates beginning in November 2012, have included reports on class action lawsuits by exotic dancers against strip clubs. This industry has, by far, the...more
SUPPLIER OF INSTALLATION SERVICES FOR LARGE SATELLITE TV COMPANY CANNOT DISMISS IC MISCLASSIFICATION CLAIM BY INSTALLER. A federal district court in Mississippi last month denied cross-motions for summary judgment in an FLSA...more
1/6/2015
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Class Action ,
Construction Industry ,
Consultants ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Independent Contractors ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Misclassification ,
Popular ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Trucking Industry
This month’s headline developments are two independent contractor misclassification class action lawsuits: one was filed in New York against a Silicon Valley giant, Google Inc., and the second was filed in California against...more
12/3/2014
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Appeals ,
Class Action ,
Commercial Truck Drivers ,
Delivery Drivers ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Google ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
Offshore Drilling ,
Oil & Gas ,
Popular ,
Silicon Valley ,
Startups ,
Trucking Industry ,
Wage and Hour