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Maynard Nexsen

Court of Appeals Upholds $9.3 Million Award for Nurses Misclassified as Independent Contractors by Healthcare Staffing Agency

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Companies often must determine whether to treat workers as employees or independent contractors. Workers who are properly classified as independent contractors are not subject to wage and hour laws requiring overtime pay or...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

New Washington State Lien Law Increases Pressure On Employers To Pay Wage Claims: What’s Next?

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When the DOL audits an employer and finds wages due, the employer, albeit unhappily, then pays the wages and (hopefully) changes its errant ways. There are times when the employer cannot or will not pay and then the agency or...more

Fisher Phillips

Nursing Mother's USDOL Claim Settled

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The U.S. Labor Department reports that a temporary-staffing employee has received $1,152 in back-wages and unspecified "other damages" for what it contended was a violation of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act's Section...more

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