From Business Insurance, Louise Esola reports on a bill in Tennessee that would adopt a 20 point test to determine if a worker was an independent contractor or an employee entitled to workers compensation. Louise writes: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is now being asked to sign a bill that would bring to the state a…
From JDSuupra, Richard Reibstein discusses the proposed joint employment rule and the impact on claims that independent contractors were misclassified. Richard writes: Companies that operate their businesses on an independent contractor model or supplement their workforce with ICs are likely to be asking, “Does the proposed new joint employer regulation issued by the U.S. Department…
From Little Mendelson P.C. Tammy D. McCutchen, Maury Baskin. and Michael J. Lotito discuss the United States Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed test for determining if a company is a potential joint employer. They write: In its April 1 NPRM, the DOL proposes a four-factor test for determining joint employment under the FLSA. The DOL will…
While being incredibly funny discussing the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), John Oliver also spends some time incredulously discussing how wrestlers are classified as independent contractors. Source: WWE: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) Related posts: New, Different, Dramatic? The Labor Department’s New Guidance on Independent Contractor Misclassification Is Nothing New Legally, But Will Reinvigorate the…
From Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Pat Murphy A Massachusetts Lyft driver’s class action alleging that the ride-sharing company violated the Wage Act by classifying him as an independent contractor is subject to a mandatory arbitration clause in the company’s “clickwrap” terms of service agreement, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in a closely…