Category: Alabama

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Alabama Statute Establishes IRS 20-factor Test for Classifying Workers

From JDSupra, Richard Reibstein reports on a new law in Alabama that establishes one standard, the IRS…

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PRO Act And ABC Test: No One Knows What The Effects Will Be

From Forbes, Erik Sherman provides an outstanding discussion of the possible effects of the Protecting the Right to…

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Posted in Alabama Misclassification

Flowers Foods Settles Another Misclassification Case

From JDSupra, Richard Reibstein reports that Flowers Foods, maker of Wonder Bread and other baked goods, settled another…

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Eleventh Circuit Limits Reach of Arbitration Agreements

From The National Law Review, Edmund J. McKenna discusses a recent case in which the court said…

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Silence Isn’t Always Golden—Sometimes It Lands You in Class Arbitration 

From JDSupra, Stephen Parsley and Michael Pennington discuss a recent case in Alabama which serves a a…

Posted in Alabama Misclassification

Time For A Checkup On Independent Workforce Arrangements |

From JDSupra, Adam L. Lounsbury, and Brendan Sweeney review recent developments relating to classifying workers as independent…

Posted in Alabama Misclassification

Handy is trying to change labor law in eight states 

  From Quartz at Work, Sarah Kessler reports on the efforts by Handy and Uber to change state laws…

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Proposed California Law Would Establish Portable Benefits For Gig Companies And Address Misclassification Issue 

  From JDSupra, Benjamin Ebbink discusses proposed legislation in California that would create portable benefits for gig workers. Benjamin…

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Education Trainers and Consultants Alleged They were Misclassified

  From JDSupra, Richard Reibstein reports that a federal judge granted class certification to educational consultants and…

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 US Labor Department and Vermont Department of Labor sign agreement to protect workers from misclassification 

From the United States Department of Labor (DOL), a news brief announcing that Vermont signed an agreement…

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Alaska joins DOL Misclassification Initiative 

The United States Department of Labor announced that it signed an agreement with Alaska to cooperate in reducing…

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Idaho joins feds’ misclassification program

From Staffing Industry Analysts, the announcement that the United States Department of Labor (DOL) signed an agreement…