Category: Massachusetts
These Taxi Drivers Are Not Employees Says Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
From JDSupra, Jessica Catlow from Mintz Levin discusses the recent Massachusetts case in which the court said…
Massachusetts says Taxi Drivers are Independent Contractors
In a recent decision, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) said that taxi drivers were independent contractors…
Call me a taxi! Were Massachusetts cab drivers employees?
From HR.BLR.com — David W. McBride discusses a recent case where a taxicab driver [Sagar] claimed that…
Independent Contractors, Employers, and Unemployment Benefits in Massachusetts
From Go Local Worcester — The November 12, 2014 case of Subcontracting Concepts, Inc. v. Commissioner of…
In Mass appeals court ruling, a truck courier is an employee not an independent contractor
From the Boston Business Journal – “The Massachusetts court of appeals has upheld a lower court ruling…
FAAAA May Preempt Massachusetts Independent Contractor Law
From Mondaq.com — “In its lawsuit, the MDA argued that converting drivers from independent contractors to employees…
Can an Independent Contractor share your trade secrets?
From the Oregon Business Report — “A recent case out of Massachusetts held that, as a matter of…
In the sharing economy, are workers employees or independent contractors?
From The Boston Globe –“The worker of the future will be fast, flexible, and available the instant…
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…
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,…
Independent Contractor (Self-Employed or Employee?)
From The Everyday Law Blog — What is an independent contractor? An independent contractor is an individual…
Massachusetts Employers May Be Liable to Out-of-State Employees Misclassified as Independent Contractors
From Holland & Knight — Massachusetts employers have long labored under the strictures of the Massachusetts independent contractor statute,…
