Category: Oregon
Judge sides with city of Seattle in legal dispute with Uber over historic driver unionization law
From Geekwire, Nat Levy discusses a judge’s decision to uphold the Seattle ordinance that allows drivers to…
Carrier wins classification suit involving leased owner-operators
From CCJ, James Jaillet discusses a recent decision in which the owner-operator-drivers were allegedly to…
Oregon joins Department of Labor’s IC misclassification fight
From Staffing Industry Analysts, news that the US Department of Labor signed a memorandum of…
Chamber of Commerce, et al. v. City of Seattle
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced that it filed a lawsuit challenging the Seattle ordinance that allows…
Oregon Supreme Court Case Reminds Businesses about the Complexity of Independent Contractor Classification
From JDSupra, Douglas Parker and Brian Weeks discuss the recent Oregon Supreme Court case in which taxicab drivers were found to…
Your Uber driver should be an independent contractor: Bloomberg View
From Oregon Live, Justin Fox proposes that Uber drivers should be independent workers — a new type…
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…
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….
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…
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….
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…
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…
