Author: Nathan S. Gibson
NY DOL focuses on misclassification of workers as independent contractors
From Kelley Drye & Warren LLP — “The Federal and State Labor Departments, and the IRS, are…
Lawsuit alleges Uber misclassifies workers as independent contractors
From The Boston Globe — The suit filed Thursday in Suffolk County Superior Court in Boston by Shannon Liss-Riordan,…
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) wants to close worker classification loopholes
From the Mansfield News Journal | mansfieldnewsjournal.com — By classifying workers as independent contractors rather than employees under federal…
NY DOL crackdown on “classification” of workers
From Lexology — In 2013, New York’s “Joint Enforcement Task Force on Employee Misclassification” identified 24,000 instances…
The self-employment surge and how professionals can best prepare
From BinghamtonHomePage — “professionals are choosing self-employment in order to control the type of work assignments they pursue…
Utah unemployment claimant was an employee despite independent contractor agreement
From CCH — another reminder that having an independent contractor agreement is not conclusive if the relationship of…
The Pitfalls of Freelancing
Hat tip to Fabrizio Faraco for posting on Pinterest.
Dangers of misclassifying an employee as an independent contractor highlighted once again in New York Appellate Court decision
From Lexology — Michael S. Arnold writes: Catherin Nance provided photojournalistic services to the New York Post as…
California: When is an Independent Contractor Actually an Employee?
From Rukin Hyland Doria & Tindall LLP — The U.S. Department of Labor has published a worksheet that describes…
Totality of the Circumstances determines employee or independent contractor
From Colorado Employment Lawyers – “he Courts found that the question of whether or not an individual…
Independent contractor or employee: Who is working for you?
From Crain’s Detroit Business — The IRS recently developed a three-part test to determine whether a worker should be…
