Category: Massachusetts
Same-Day Delivery Companies: 2; MA Independent Contractor Statute: 0. First Circuit Once Again Upholds Classification of Couriers as Independent Contractors
From JDSupra, Gauri Punjabi discusses the preemption of the Massachusetts independent contractor statute by the Federal Aviation…
MA Attorney general’s office seeks help enforcing labor laws
From WickedLocal.com, Jessica Trufant reports that the head of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Fair Labor Division…
Shrewsbury Landscaping Company to Pay More than $31,000 to Resolve Overtime and Employee Misclassification Violations
From the Shrewsbury Lantern, a report that a landscaping company misclassified workers as independent contractors…
The Mass. independent contractor law hurts workers and the economy
From The Boston Globe, David Casey criticizes the Massachusetts independent contractor statute because it stifles innovation…
2 steps back – First Circuit could have done more for the independent contractor business model
From Lexology, Richard A. Plewacki and J. Allen Jones discuss the recent First Circuit case in which the…
Massage Therapist Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Harvard
From the Harvard Crimson, Nathaniel J. Hiatt reports that a massage therapist filed a lawsuit alleging that she…
Investigate the newspaper delivery industry
Where have all the paperboys and papergirls gone? They’ve been replaced by delivery companies that newspapers contract…
MA Preemption defense may be short lived
From Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Kris Olson discusses some of the cases following the case in which the court said…
Signs of (American United) Life for Independent Contractor Status in Massachusetts
From JDSupra, Patrick Bannon and Anne Bider of Seyfarth Shaw LLP discuss a recent Massachusetts case which found that an insurance agent who…
Employee or independent contractor? The danger of misclassifying workers
From Boston.com, Justine Hofherr shares advice from Theresa Rilli, vice president at Atrium Staffing about classifying workers. She…
Taxi drivers have a legitimate beef — but it’s not with Uber
From the Boston Globe, the Editorial Board describes the problems with the regulation of the taxi business…
Federal Judge Holds FAAAA Preempts a Critical Portion of the Massachusetts Independent Contractor Law
From JDSupra, Shannon Berube, David Casey, Christopher Kaczmarek and Stephen Melnick discuss a recent Massachusetts decision in…
