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New York AG James Reaches $16.75M Settlement With DoorDash for Allegedly Misleading Tip Practices

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The New York Attorney General’s (AG) Office announced a $16.75 million settlement with DoorDash, the prominent delivery platform. The settlement relates to claims that DoorDash misled both consumers and delivery workers...more

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$68 Million CDPAP Fraud Indictment Unsealed Amidst Industry Changes

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On October 9, 2024, the United States Attorney’s office in the Eastern District of New York unsealed an indictment alleging that eight defendants defrauded Medicaid of approximately $68 million. The alleged scheme involved...more

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The State AG Report – 09.05.2024

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •FTC and Florida AG Put the Brakes on Alleged “Trucking...more

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IL AG Settles Employee Misclassification and Wage Theft Claims With Construction Company

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Illinois AG Kwame Raoul settled with TBJ Drywall & Taping, Inc. (TBJ), resolving allegations that the company misclassified employees and failed to pay overtime wages in violation of state labor and employment laws....more

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NLRB and Michigan AG Partner to Protect Workers

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The NLRB and Michigan AG Dana Nessel entered into a one-year agreement to increase inter-agency cooperation to strengthen worker protections. The Memorandum of Understanding strengthens the agencies’ partnership in areas of...more

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The State AG Report – 8.1.2024

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •District of Columbia AG Secures Record $3.75 Million...more

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District of Columbia AG Secures Record $3.75 Million Wage-Theft Settlement

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District of Columbia AG Brian Schwalb settled with contractors Power Design, Inc. (PDI) and John Moriarty & Associates of Virginia, LLC (JMA), along with multiple labor subcontractors, to resolve allegations that the...more

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Supreme Court of California Upholds Law Classifying App-Based Drivers as Independent Contractors

On July 25, 2024, the Supreme Court of California upheld a state law permitting ride-sharing apps to continue classifying their drivers as independent contractors, rather than employees. ...more

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Uber and Lyft Settlement Provides New Precedent for the Gig Economy and Major Benefits for Massachusetts Drivers: Key Employer...

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Uber and Lyft just reached a $175 million settlement with Massachusetts state prosecutors that permits their drivers to stay classified as independent contractors – not employees – but entitles the drivers to significant...more

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Big News For NJ Employers – NJ AG Files First Complaint Under the Enhanced State Labor and Benefits Laws

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On December 11, 2023, the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office filed its first lawsuit under the State’s enhanced labor laws permitting it to commence actions against employers in Superior Court for misclassifying workers as...more

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New Jersey AG Files First Worker Misclassification Lawsuit Under New Law

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New Jersey AG Matthew J. Platkin and the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development filed a lawsuit against STG Logistics, Inc. and STG Drayage LLC (collectively, “STG”) alleging that the shipping and logistics...more

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State AG Pulse | AGs Clock In On Wages

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State AGs’ authority is by no means limited to their more traditional jurisdictions - consumer protection, privacy, and antitrust - as several recent actions by state AGs in the labor and employment arena clearly demonstrate....more

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Hindsight Is 20/20 in this Employee Misclassification Settlement

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District of Columbia AG Brian Schwalb settled with economic policy research and advocacy firm 20/20 Vision and its principal to resolve allegations that they violated the District’s wage and hour laws by misclassifying its...more

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DC AG Continues Constructing Wage Theft Settlements

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District of Columbia AG Brian Schwalb settled with Prestige Drywall LLC to resolve allegations that the construction company misclassified employees as independent contractors—resulting in the deprivation of overtime pay,...more

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Recent fines portend increased wage-hour enforcement on behalf of Massachusetts employees

On January 25, the Office of the Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts announced $440,000 in fines against Dutch Maid Bakery, a wholesale bakery in Dorchester, and staffing agencies used by the bakery, for...more

Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP

SJC Strikes Down Two Initiative Petitions Proposing Laws Classifying Covered App-Based Drivers as Independent Contractors

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (the “SJC”) recently ruled that two initiative petitions seeking to define and regulate the relationship between network companies and app-based drivers are not suitable for placement...more

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Massachusetts High Court Hears Argument on Gig Driver Ballot Question

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As we wrote back in January, Massachusetts is in the midst of a multi-fora battle over whether gig drivers (those using app-based platforms such as Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and Instacart) should be treated as employees or...more

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Dispute Over Gig Drivers’ Independent Contractor Status Being Fought on All Fronts in Massachusetts

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Massachusetts is one of handful of states to have adopted the stringent “ABC” test for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor or employee. That has made it one of the most fertile battlegrounds over this...more

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Have Independent Contractors on Your Jobsite?

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If you operate a construction business in Pennsylvania, and hire independent contractors, who you pay via 1099s, you could face criminal charges, and be forced to pay fines and restitution if these workers are not properly...more

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California Attorney General Launches Annual Labor Day Report

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California AG Rob Bonta issued an inaugural Labor Day Report highlighting ten key worker protections available in California and the California Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) efforts to combat illegal employment practices...more

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NY Amends Proposed Construction Industry Wage Law, But Burden On Contractors Remains

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New York appears poised to enact a modified version of legislation that would create potential liability for general contractors when their subcontractors fail to properly pay their employees. As noted in our prior...more

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California Employment Roundup: Q1 2021

Independent contractors, meal periods, and PAGA. The first quarter of 2021 yielded some key rulings from the California appellate courts on independent contractor classification, meal-period rounding, and arbitration of...more

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Republican Attorneys General Are Not Pro-PRO Act, Warn It Will Undermine Right-To-Work State Laws

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A group of 14 Republican AGs, led by South Carolina AG Alan Wilson, sent a letter to U.S. Senate leaders urging them not to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021 (“PRO Act”)...more

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October 2020: The Top 11 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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The End of the Beginning, or the Beginning of the End?

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On August 10, 2020, a California judge ordered Uber Technologies, Inc. and Lyft Inc., to reclassify their drivers from independent contractors to employees by August 20, 2020. The ruling is the opening salvo in the litigation...more

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