Category: Massachusetts
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…
Handy Worker Files Suit, Claims She Made Only $14 For 30 Hours Of Work
From Fast Company, Sarah Kessler reports that a woman who worked for Handy has claimed that she was…
Non-Compete, Independent Contractor Issues Define State Approach to New Economy
From the aimblog, Christopher Geehem argues for a change to the Massachusetts independent contractor statute to make…
Massachusetts High Court Rules Real Estate Agents Not Subject to State’s Stringent Independent Contractor Law
From Littler, Christopher B. Kaczmarek and Kevin E. Burke report a recent Massachusetts court case which said…
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…
