Category: Misclassification
Companies Largely Unaware of Financial Risk of Independent Contractor Misclassification
From Rock Hill Herald Online, “The 2014 ICon Executive Insight Report: Worker Misclassification, Distinguishing Perception from Reality,…
The Fair Labor Standards Act: An Rx for classifying independent workers?
“It is time to rethink a standard that is rooted in common law…
When Is an Independent Contractor Really an Employee?
From Kiplinger — “Q. My son works for a big tech company as a so-called independent contractor,…
NLRB Adopts New Test for Independent Contractor Misclassification
From the BakerHostetler Employment Law Spotlight — “The NLRB has tossed a new vegetable into the…
Independent Contractors Lying In Wait… An Employment Law Perspective
From Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP and JDSupra— “Here is a common scenario. An individual is engaged…
OFCCP posts new FAQs on employee vs. independent contractor determinations
From HR.BLR.com — “Q: What are the Darden factors? A: The Darden factors that should be considered…
Employers face crackdown over worker misclassification
From the Employee Benefit News — “Since the onset of the recession, there has been a surge in…
Independent Contractor vs. Employee
From the Law Firm of Leisawitz Heller — “The differences can be boiled down to the degree of…
Employee vs Independent Contractor – Work at Home and set your own Schedule
From Computer Solutions — What I seek to do is highlight typical circumstances distinguishing the employed from…
Working With an Independent Contractor
From the Gastonia Business Law Blog — Independent contractors are those that provide services to an individual or business…
U.S. Open Umpires and Linesmen Are Independent Contractors, Court Rules
From Baker Hostetler – JDSupra — In an opinion that disappointingly failed to take advantage of countless pun opportunities,…
Independent Contractor? Are You Sure?
From Elarbee Thompson– Multi-state businesses “face unique challenges when attempting to classify individuals correctly as non-employees: whether an…
