Author: Nathan S. Gibson
Insurance Agents as Independent Contractors: Best Practices To Preserve This Status
From JDSupra, Gregory Abrams and Graciela Quintana discuss how to preserve the status of insurance agents as…
Supreme Court to Consider Arguments on Pulling Plug on OSHA COVID-19 ETS
From Jackson Lewis, Courtney M. Malveaux, Melanie L. Paul, Patricia Anderson Pryor, Catherine A. Cano, Katharine C. Weber, and…
EU Proposes New Legislation to Protect “Digital Labor Platform” Workers from Status Misclassification
From JDSupra, Edward Carlier, Eric van Dam, and Ben Smith Over 28 million people in the EU…
Louisiana’s worker misclassification law suspended over federal conflict
From 6KPVI, William Patrick reported that the United States Department of Labor objected to a provision of…
Is the U.S. Supreme Court About to Dive Into the Independent Contractor Misclassification Field?
From JDSupra, Richard Reibstein discusses the possibility that the United States Supreme Court will consider whether the…
Massachusetts High Court Eases Burden on Business, Confirms FLSA Test Governs Joint Employer Inquiry
From JDSupra, Cooley LLP discusses a recent decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) in which the…
New York Employment Law: Find the Independent Contractor
From JDSupra, Theodore Eder discusses three cases in which the New York State Appellate Division determined if a…
Postmates Compels Arbitration of Misclassification Claims and Settles for $4,750
From Reuters, Daniel Wiessner reports on a settlement of claims by Postmates workers alleging that they were…
Court orders two Minnesota restaurants to pay $435k in back wages following US Department of Labor investigation
The United States Department of Labor announced the court order requiring two Minnesota restaurants to pay $435k…
MBO Partners Reports Record-Breaking Growth in Independent Workforce
MBO Partners latest data report shows record-breaking growth in number of independent workers from 38 million in…
New York Strengthens Worker Whistleblower Protections to Include Independent Contractors
From JDSupra, Scott Horton discusses changes to the New York law that protects whistleblowers including expanding the protections…
Subcontractor Pleads Guilty to Felony Worker Misclassification-Related Charges Brought by VA Attorney General
Virginia’s Attorney General reports the first criminal charges brought under a new statute that criminalizes wage theft. …
