Are Direct Selling Companies the Next Targets for Independent Contractor Misclassification Claims?

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1. New Independent Contractor Misclassification Study Is Belied By Government Report and Disregards the Legitimate Use of Independent Contractors From the Independent Contractor Compliance and Misclassification Legal Blog, Richard Reibstein discusses a working paper recently released by the Economic Policy Institute.  Richard reports that the working paper notes that independent contractors do not benefit from workers compensation, unemployment insurance and other labor laws.  Richard also notes that a recent GAO study found that 85% of […]...
2. July 2016 Independent Contractor Misclassification and Compliance News Update    From JDSupra, Richard J. Riebstein provides another great update on independent contractor misclassification and compliance for July 2016.  Richard writes: NLRB ISSUES TWO MORE IC MISCLASSIFICATION COMPLAINTS AGAINST TRUCKING COMPANIES REGARDING DRIVERS ALLEGEDLY MISCLASSIFIED AS IC’S. The NLRB Regional Office in Los Angeles issued unfair labor practice complaints against two separate port trucking companies, XPO […]...
3. Is the NLRB Trying to Make Independent Contractor Misclassification an Unfair Labor Practice? From Lexology, Richard Reibstein discusses a recent complaint issued by a Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleging that classification of workers as independent contractors was an unfair labor practice. Richard writes: A Regional Director for the NLRB issued an unfair labor practice complaint on April 18, 2016 alleging that a transportation company […]...
4. On-Demand Food Delivery Companies Targeted for IC Misclassification Claims From the Independent Contractor Compliance Legal Blog (to which I highly recommend you subscribe),  Richard Reibstein reports on a independent contractor misclassification claims against on-demand food delivery companies.  Richard writes: Three on-demand food delivery companies, Sprig, Inc., GrubHub, and DoorDash, become the subjects of separate independent contractor misclassification class action lawsuits. The complaint against Sprig alleges that, […]...
5. NLRB Targets Independent Contractor Classification of Truck Drivers    From JDSupra, Christopher Kelleher discusses the complaint by a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regional direction that alleges that the misclassification of truck drivers as independent contractors constitutes a violation of the National Labor Relations Act.   Source: NLRB Targets Independent Contractor Classification of Truck Drivers | Seyfarth Shaw LLP – JDSupra...
6. Goin’ Hollywood: Independent Contractor Lawsuit Targets Freelance Producers  From Mondaq, Mark Tabakman reports that a judge certified a class of freelance producers who were denied overtime, meal breaks and other labor law benefits because they were classified as independent contractors. Mark writes: The Judge certified a class of 43 freelancers who worked at Prometheus from January 2010 up to today. She included those […]...