Category: Misclassification
Creating A New Kind Of Safety Net For The Gig Economy
From Fast Company, Steven Hill proposes a solution to the issue in the gig economy in which some…
Three-in-Ten U.S. Jobs Are Held by the Self-Employed and the Workers They Hire
The Pew Research Center reports that 30% of US jobs are held by workers who are self-employed…
Will Courts follow the DOL’s Administrator’s Interpretation for Independent Contractors?
In July, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued an Administrator’s Interpretation to illustrate DOL’s interpretation…
The Death of the Individual Independent Contractor: A Growing Trend Points to an Uncertain Future
From JDSupra, Kraig Marton and Jaburg Wilk predict the death of individual independent contractors because of the focus on misclassification, the…
Reuters Journalists Launch Class Action for Misclassification
WorkCompCentral reports that Reuters journalists have filed a class action lawsuit alleging that they were misclassificed as independent…
Seattle proposes alternative collective bargaining law for cab drivers
From Lexology, Matthew D. Austin and Lindsay M. Bouffard report on proposed legislation that would allow taxi drivers working…
Protecting the rights of the digital workforce in the ‘gig’ economy
From Phys.org, Joseph C. Davis discusses the growth of the gig economy and the development of platforms…
The full-time gig is up for young Americans
From the Miami Herald, Justin Fox, one of my favorite commentators on the number and makeup of…
The Gig Economy: Have We Missed the Trees for the Forest?
From Spend Matters, Andrew Karpie discusses whether the focus on worker classficiation and the gig economy limited the…
Independent truckers make more than employed counterparts, economist says
From JOC.com, Bill Mongelluzzo shares information about a research conducted by economist John Husing that indicated that…
Why employee classification continues to cause confusion
From the Chicago Business Journal, Katie Loehrke discusses two unusual recent classification cases. In one, former contributors…
Independent Contractor or Employee: Laws and How They Apply to REALTORS®
From JoAnne Poole, JoAnne discusses the classification of realtors as independent contractors. So it’s critical that all…
