Category: Oregon

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Posted in Oregon

Broadway Cab loses ‘independent contractor’ case before Oregon Supreme Court 

From  OregonLive.com, George Rede reports that the Oregon Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, said that taxicab drivers were…

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Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries Advisory Opinion

The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries issued an Advisory Opinion on the Employment status of drivers….

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Oregon purse salesman: Independent contractor or employee?

From HR.BLR.com, Joanna Perini Abbot writes about a recent case involving a salesperson for high-end handbags.  She…

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More Problems for Uber and Lyft Drivers in Oregon

From Salem-News.com — Drivers for Lyft and Uber are independent contractors and responsible for their own taxes….

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Posted in Massachusetts Oregon

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…

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Posted in California Oregon

Ninth Circuit Reverses District Court, Rules FedEx Drivers in California and Oregon are Employees

From the Employment Law Spotlight  – The driver-as-independent-contractor model has been under attack for years, with federal and…

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Were Oregon workers independent contractors or employees?

From HR.BLR.com — The Oregon Appeals court said: that freedom from direction and control over the means of…

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Oregon court reverses ALJ and finds maintenance workers to be independent contractors

From Wolters Kluwer Law & Business — Noting that Oregon law does not require a worker to be…