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Health Care Industry Under Attack for Independent Contractor Misclassification: July 2025 IC Legal News Update

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Unless you were in the health care industry, July 2025 was a relatively slow month for judicial developments in the law of independent contractor (IC) misclassification and compliance. Only two significant IC cases came to...more

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The Legal Landscape of Independent Contractor Misclassification May Be About to Change: March 2025 IC Legal News Update

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The most significant development last month in the law of independent contractors was not one of the four cases we summarize below but rather a bill passed by the New York Senate. ...more

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Federal Government’s Ping Pong Match on Independent Contractor Rule Is Distraction From Enhancing IC Compliance: January 2025 IC...

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Few federal regulations over the past five years have produced more needless concern by stakeholders than the independent contractor rules under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) issued by the different...more

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[Webinar] Employment Law Update: Staying Compliant in 2025 - December 17th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PT

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On December 17th, Allison Callaghan, Pavneet Singh Mac, Julia Botezatu and Varand Nikolaian will discuss significant new laws and recent case developments affecting employers in California. During this complimentary 60-minute...more

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[Webinar] New CA Employment Laws 2025: Are You Prepared? - December 4th, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm PT

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Join us for a lively discussion of critical year-end updates for California employers. We will address new legislation and key case rulings. Topics include: - Key bills relating to freelance workers, “captive audience”...more

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All the New California Workplace Laws You Need to Know About For 2025

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Now that the California legislative session is essentially over and Governor Newsom has taken action to either approve or veto all the workplace law bills on his desk, employers can take stock on all the new laws that will...more

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Workplace Law Update: 22 Essential Items on Your August To-Do List

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

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California Supreme Court Reaffirms that ABC Test is Retroactive

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On January 14, 2021, the California Supreme Court held in Vazquez v. Jan-Pro Franchising Int'l, Inc. that the ABC test for determining worker classification fashioned in its groundbreaking decision, Dynamex v. Superior...more

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As Congress Ponders the “Future of Work,” it Faces Divergent Interests Within the Gig Economy

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As we reported just a few weeks ago, Congress has begun to gather information and consider the “future of work,” with considerable emphasis on the role of the gig economy. Although this emergency economy is growing rapidly,...more

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The More Things Change, the More They Remain the Same: Worker Classification in the Gig Economy - Labor & Employment Newsletter

What Is the “Gig Economy”? The “gig economy” is the catchall term for an ever-growing range of temporary, flexible, autonomous work arrangements that are often enabled by technology platforms, such as websites or apps that...more

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California Appellate Court Applies Dynamex Retroactively

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For a little over a year, California employers and courts have been wrestling with the impact of Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court, 4 Cal.5th 903 (2018), which dramatically altered the independent contractor...more

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What Will A Governor Newsom Mean for California Employers?

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While much of the attention this midterm election has been focused on Congress and federal issues - the “blue wave” and a “referendum” on the Trump presidency - California employers know all too well that employment and labor...more

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Fenwick Employment Brief - Summer 2017 Update

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California Legislative and Agency Update - Read about the latest California cities to increase hourly minimum wages, newly expanded transgender protections, criminal background check limitations and other changes in...more

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