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Fisher Phillips

New EU Platform Work Directive Impacts Freelancers and Gig Economy: Here’s What Businesses Need to Know

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The European Union took a big step last year towards regulating digital labor platforms – and member states will need to adopt the new directive before the end of 2026. The directive seeks to curb worker misclassification,...more

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Employment Status - A View From Both Sides of the Pond

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In recent years, employment status has been an evolving topic globally as various jurisdictions grapple with how to properly categorise increasingly flexible forms of working. A regulatory change in the United States by the...more

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Social Elections 2024: Who are the leading personnel in a company and why is this concept important?

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Why it is crucial to correctly identify the leading personnel in a company. Members of a company’s leading personnel (leidinggevend personeel/personnel de direction) cannot be put forward as candidates during the social...more

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Washington State Issues New Rules for Paid Family and Medical Leave

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The Washington Employment Security Department (ESD) adopted new rules for the state’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (PFML) regarding employer reporting requirements, child placement, and self-employment elective coverage...more

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Long awaited Deliveroo ruling from the Dutch Supreme Court delivered

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Deliveroo bicycle couriers were qualified as employees instead of self-employed workers by the Dutch Supreme Court last week. The Dutch Supreme Court did not introduce a new framework for qualification and has left it up to...more

Littler

Dutch Supreme Court Finds On-Demand Deliverers Are Not Self-employed

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The Dutch Supreme Court has just ruled that Deliveroo meal deliverers are not self-employed, but rather “regular” employees. With this decision the Supreme Court confirms the earlier judgments of the Cantonal Court and the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Preserving Independent Contractor Status in the Wake of Non-Employee Unemployment Benefits

In the face of the pandemic over the last year, Congress issued several rounds of unemployment assistance through the CARES Act not only to employees but also to workers classified as independent contractors or self-employed....more

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COVID-19: Extension of economic support ahead of national lockdown

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Ahead of England’s return to national lockdown this Thursday, the UK Prime Minister has announced the extension of support packages for both employed workers and for the self-employed. As reported by us previously the...more

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COVID-19 – Key UK Employment Issues Guidance Note (Updated)

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Companies and their workforces are in unprecedented circumstances, with COVID-19 changing situations and advice on a frequent basis.  In this alert, we have set out below the key issues faced by employers across the UK and...more

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