Author: Nathan S. Gibson
Misclassification of Independent Contractors: A Challenge for Massachusetts Companies in the Delivery, Taxi, and Livery Sectors
From The National Law Review — Although Massachusetts uses a seemingly straight-forward, three-prong test sometimes referred to as…
Ninth Circuit Reverses District Court, Rules FedEx Drivers in California and Oregon are Employees
From the Employment Law Spotlight – The driver-as-independent-contractor model has been under attack for years, with federal and…
Earthquake in the Independent Contractor Misclassification Field: Changed Landscape Following Serious Legal Blow to FedEx Ground by Federal Appellate Court
From the Independent Contractor Compliance and Misclassification Legal Blog — FedEx Ground has been at the epicenter…
Newspaper carrier is independent contractor
From Lexology — Owen v. Tennessee Valley Printing Company, Inc., No. 2130139 (Ala. Civ. App. 2014) (holding that newspaper deliverer…
Freelance Workers Are Our Future. So Why Are We Penalizing Them?
From New Republic — Rather than second-guessing the relationships between businesses and independent contractors and meddling in their…
FedEx Misclassified Drivers As Independent Contractors, Rules Ninth Circuit
From Forbes – “FedEx is everywhere. But a key component of how it does business has been…
Why I Believe In The Freelance Workstream
From Forbes — The shift to freelancing is for sure a two-way street. Not only do…
Tutoring Company Misclassified Tutors as Independent Contractors in New York
From Independent Contractor Compliance and Misclassification Legal Blog.– “TUTORING COMPANY FOUND TO HAVE MISCLASSIFIED TUTORS AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS…
What does the Affordable Care Act have to do with independent contractors?
From Lexology — The ACA incorporates the ERISA definition of an “employee” as “any individual employed by…
Were Oregon workers independent contractors or employees?
From HR.BLR.com — The Oregon Appeals court said: that freedom from direction and control over the means of…
It depends: the top 3 inherently gray areas of employment law – Lexology
From Lexology — William A. Nolan identified three gray areas of employment law including: Is a worker an independent contractor…
More Exotic Dancers’ Misclassification Suits Dispute Clubs’ Business Model
From Bloomberg BNA — “[C]ourts evaluating exotic dancers’ misclassification cases typically examine the business relationship itself, rather than relying…
