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In recent years, state courts have questioned whether independent contractors can be placed under enforceable post-engagement noncompetition agreements. ...more
Last month, the most significant legal development in the area of independent contractor (IC) compliance and misclassification was on Capitol Hill. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a Senate Republican who chairs the Senate Health,...more
Earlier this month, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a consolidated complaint charging the producers of the popular Netflix show “Love is Blind” with unfair labor practices for their...more
On September 5, 2024, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) answered a second certified question in Patel, et al. v. 7-Eleven, Inc., et al. (“Patel II”), a long-running case where 7-Eleven franchisees claimed they...more
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Welcome to our first SuperVision e-newsletter of 2024. Although we are only four months into 2024, it has already been an incredibly active year on the labor and employment front. On Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission...more
In this issue of Employment Flash: the new DOL rule on independent contractors, SCOTUS’s unanimous Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower ruling, plus labor law developments in California, Delaware, D.C., New York, the EU, Germany and...more
On March 11, 2024, after many months of anticipation, the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) final rule on independent contractor status went into effect. Meanwhile, on March 8, 2024, a revised joint employer rule announced by the...more
Following multiple delays, and after ongoing litigation stalled its previous rulemaking attempts, the U.S. Department of Labor issued its long-anticipated independent contractor final rule on Tuesday, January 10, 2024,...more
On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) published its final rule that revises its guidance regarding the standard for assessing whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor...more
On Tuesday January 9, 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) published its final rule setting forth how worker classification (i.e., whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor) will be determined by the agency...more
The Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced a final rule covering when workers may be classified as independent contractors. The new rule, available in full on the Federal Register, is effective March 11, 2024, so...more
On January 10, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its highly anticipated final rule for determining whether a worker should be classified as an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards...more
Remember the 2021 Independent Contractor Rule? Well, forget it or at least most of it. Last week, the DOL published a new final rule for independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (the New Rule). The New...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its final independent contractor rule on January 10, 2024. The final rule revises the Trump administration’s interpretation of “employee” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)...more
Congress Works to Meet Imminent Funding Deadlines. Speaker of the House Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader Schumer (D-NY) announced an agreement on top-line spending levels to fund the government for the remainder of...more
On January 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced the issuance of the final rule, Employee or Independent Contractor Classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). According to the DOL, the...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its Final Rule regarding the test for independent contractor classification. The Final Rule, which becomes effective March 11, 2024, largely mirrors the DOL’s proposed rule announced...more
During Ward and Smith’s annual Employment Law Symposium, three attorneys provided insights on a fictional construction company's reaction to a serious job site accident. In the session, the attorneys shed light on key issues...more
The Federal Government recently introduced the latest in a series of workplace reforms into Federal Parliament. The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 (the Bill), proposes further amendments to the...more
An important part of hiring employees is deciding how to compensate them. Because of limited capital, startups often implement equity-only compensation or deferred compensation arrangements in lieu of regular salaries....more
Hiring workers is an important step for startups. Startups engage two main types of workers—employees and independent contractors. It can be difficult to determine the proper classification of a worker, especially since both...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) issued a decision on June 16, 2023, returning to an Obama-era standard used to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under the National...more
The National Labor Relations Board recently issued a decision finding that makeup artists, wig artists and hairstylists of The Atlanta Opera were in fact employees and not independent contractors. In rendering its decision...more
Introduction - On 13 June 2023, the National Labor Relations Board held, in The Atlanta Opera, Inc., that it would return to a prior, employee-friendly standard for determining whether workers are employees or independent...more