Category: United States
Misclassifying workers can cause tax woes
From Cincinnati.com: Advantages of hiring an employee • The hourly wage for an employee is usually less…
Independent contractor vs. employee: Were employment discrimination claims valid?
From HR.BLR.com — The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals found that a pathologist was an independent contractor…
No workers comp benefits due taxi driver after being shot by passenger
From Business Insurance — A three-judge panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals [found]… that Mr….
Independent Contractor vs. Employee? or How much trouble could you be getting into with sub-contractors?
From the Russell Agency — “Connecticut does not employ a statute or regulation-derived list of factors to…
Were Truck Drivers Employees Despite Terms of Agreement?
From Bloomberg BNA — The drivers were employees under the Kansas Wage Payment Act, not independent contractors…
Independent Contractors, Employers, and Unemployment Benefits in Massachusetts
From Go Local Worcester — The November 12, 2014 case of Subcontracting Concepts, Inc. v. Commissioner of…
How to know whether you’ve got an employee or independent contractor
From Vegas Inc. — “The Nevada Supreme Court recently adopted the federal economic realities test to determine…
Are Exotic Dancers Employees or Independent Contractors?
From the Wall Street Journal – “a case that has raised an increasingly common question about so-called…
New Hampshire joins feds in independent contractor misclassification fight
From Staffing Industry Analysts — New Hampshire signed a memorandum of understanding to crack down on misclassification…
Newspaper Carriers were Employees, Despite Independent Contractor Agreement, California Court Rules
From Jackson Lewis Workplace Resource Center — “Under California law, whether a worker is an employee or…
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…
Nevada court says dancers at gentlemen’s club are employees
From the Las Vegas Review-Journal.— the court ruled that dancers at one of the state’s biggest…
