Disruptors Continue to Create Challenges for the Independent Contractor Business Model -
Our increasingly on-demand, technology-driven economy has been a petri dish for disruptive business models that are responsible...more
On May 11, 2016, the First Circuit Court of Appeals rendered a decision in Massachusetts Delivery Association v. Healy (the “MDA case”) preempting Prong 21 of the Massachusetts Independent Contractor Law (the “Massachusetts...more
2 Steps Back — First Circuit Could Have Done More for the Independent Contractor Business Model -
Approximately one year ago in FLASH No. 46, we wrote about Massachusetts District Court Judge Robert G. Stearns’ industry...more
Worker classification and regulatory compliance issues have resulted in numerous, costly judgments and settlements in the transportation industry. With the year drawing to a close, and no end in sight as to the pressures on...more
In our last FLASH!, we discussed the Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division’s attempted foray into legislation when it issued its “Administrator’s Interpretation” regarding independent contractors. Now, not to be outdone...more
The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to review the Swift worker misclassification case, which has been working its way through the courts for several years. That decision has brought up a lot of questions on the...more
Two recent court decisions from two different jurisdictions, issued several weeks apart, reflect a more balanced and reasonable approach for determining worker classification issues based on the totality of the facts and...more
The assault on the independent contractor model continues in earnest in the first half of 2014. Recent court rulings in California only serve to validate the initiatives taking hold with state legislatures, individual...more
A few weeks ago we reported in a FLASH publication about New York’s Governor signing into law the New York State Commercial Goods Transportation Industry Fair Play Act. Our assessment of the substantive content contained in...more
As we flip the page on the calendar to close out the year, the title of the recent editorial in the Arkansas Trucking Report, “Good Things Come to Those Who Change,” really hit home. The editorial focused on the idea of...more