Category: New York
Are Exotic Dancers Employees or Independent Contractors?
From the Wall Street Journal – “a case that has raised an increasingly common question about so-called…
GUEST COLUMN: Don’t misclassify independent contractors
From Buffalo – Buffalo Business First — “The following are some additional best practices for creating an independent…
Recent Case Reminds Companies That, Though Much Embattled, Independent Contractor Classifications Can Be Valid
From Foley & Lardner and JDSupra. — “The dividing line between employees and independent contractors has been…
New York “Black Car” Drivers Found to be Independent Contractors
From the The National Law Review — Guy Brenner and Carolyn M. Dellatore write “Judge Jesse M….
New York, Illinois find success in tackling labor violations
From newsobserver.com — Illinois and New York are national leaders when it comes to curbing worker…
Tutoring Company Misclassified Tutors as Independent Contractors in New York
From Independent Contractor Compliance and Misclassification Legal Blog.– “TUTORING COMPANY FOUND TO HAVE MISCLASSIFIED TUTORS AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS…
NY DOL focuses on misclassification of workers as independent contractors
From Kelley Drye & Warren LLP — “The Federal and State Labor Departments, and the IRS, are…
NY DOL crackdown on “classification” of workers
From Lexology — In 2013, New York’s “Joint Enforcement Task Force on Employee Misclassification” identified 24,000 instances…
The self-employment surge and how professionals can best prepare
From BinghamtonHomePage — “professionals are choosing self-employment in order to control the type of work assignments they pursue…
Dangers of misclassifying an employee as an independent contractor highlighted once again in New York Appellate Court decision
From Lexology — Michael S. Arnold writes: Catherin Nance provided photojournalistic services to the New York Post as…
Employee or Independent Contractor Affects Insurance Coverage for NY Plumber
From Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York, Timothy Dodge reports a case where a plumber…
Wage Theft Is Grim Business
From the Huffington Post — A 2007 study by Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations…
