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SJC Strikes Down Two Initiative Petitions Proposing Laws Classifying Covered App-Based Drivers as Independent Contractors
From JDSupra, Jaclyn L. Kawka discusses the decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) that two…
July is the New January – New State Laws Do Not Take the Summer Off
From JDSupra, Jo Gbujama, Joy Rosenquist, and Bruce Sarchet provide an outstanding summary of new legislation that…
Department of Labor to host worker classification public forums
From Land Line, Mark Schremmer reports that the United States Department of Labor plans public forums to…
Home Energy Company Settles Misclassification Claims with Door-to-Door Sales Persons
From JDSupra, Richard Reibstein reports on a settlement of claims that door-to-door sales persons were misclassified as independent…
Court Tenatively Says Janitorial Company Franchisees Are Employees
From JDSupra, Richard Reibstein reports that a federal court in California issued a tenative order saying that franchisees…
The Supreme Court Strikes a Blow to PAGA: What California Employers Need to Know
From JDSupra, Mike Flesuras and Jennifer Rubin discuss the United States Supreme Court’s decision that says California’s…
Massachusetts High Court Nixes App-Based Driver Ballot Question
From JDSupra, Jeffrey Fritz and Joshua Nadreau discuss the recent decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court…
Supreme Court Permits Arbitration of Individual PAGA Claims
From JDSupra, Laura Devane, Robert Friedman, Julie McGoldrick, and Joseph Wientge Jr. discuss the United States Supreme…
U.K.: Worker Status Does Not Depend on a Requirement for a Minimum Amount of Work
From JDSupra, Sinead Cuthill, Alex Denny, and Emma Vennesson discuss a recent case in which a worker…
Seattle City Council Approves Wage Hike for App-Based Delivery Drivers: What Gig Economy Businesses Need to Know
From JDSupra, Catharine Morisset and Lisa Nagele-Piazza discuss an ordinance passed by Seattle’s City Council that is…
DOL Announces Plan to Issue New Independent Contractor Final Rule
From JDSupra, Justin Barnes, Jeffrey Brecher, and Adam Lounsbury discuss the announcement by the United States Department…
U.S. Court of Appeals Offers Guidance on Applicability of Massachusetts Wage and Hour Laws to Out-of-State Workers
From JDSupra, Stephen Melnick discuss a recent case in which the First Circuit Court of Appeals said…
