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
JANITORIAL FRANCHISE COMPANY SETTLES ITS APPEAL OF $4.8 MILLION JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF MISCLASSIFIED CUSTODIANS. Coverall North America Inc. settled the independent contractor misclassification case filed against it by a class...more
2/3/2015
/ ABC Test ,
Class Action ,
Commercial Truck Drivers ,
Construction Industry ,
Construction Workers ,
Cooperation Agreement ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Franchise Agreements ,
Franchises ,
Independent Contractors ,
Lowes ,
Misclassification ,
Retailers ,
Trucking Industry ,
Wage and Hour
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
/ Adult Entertainment ,
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
This month’s headline development are the seismic decisions, issued on August 27, 2014 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, concluding as a matter of law that FedEx Ground had misclassified over 2,300 drivers...more
9/3/2014
/ AFL-CIO ,
Appeals ,
Class Action ,
Commercial Truck Drivers ,
Construction Industry ,
Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Executive Orders ,
FedEx ,
Independent Contractors ,
Lyft ,
Misclassification ,
Newspapers ,
Trucking Industry ,
Uber ,
Wage and Hour
The leading development this month in the area of independent contractor compliance and misclassification is an Arizona case that deals with a commonplace event – but one that carries with it the potential for unanticipated...more