Category: United States
California Court of Appeal Enforces Contractor’s Agreement to Arbitrate Misclassification Claims Out of State
From the National Law Review — “This case is important for two reasons: (1) the court upheld…
Exotic Dancers are Employees (not Independent Contractors)
From Mondaq Employment and HR — The Plaintiffs were exotic dancers who filed a collective action against The Penthouse…
Employee or Independent Contractor? The Difference Matters
From the Rocky Mountain Disability Law Group — For purposes of Colorado workers’ compensation law, a nine-factor…
Preserve entrepreneurial spirit and protect independent contractors
From Central Maine — Small business owners, including myself, take the risk of starting a company because we believe…
Nailing Down Independent Contractor Status
From HG.org — Erin Mindoro provides an excellent review of the Happy Nails and other independent contractor cases — Happy…
Employers skirt wage requirements
From the baltimoresun.com — “What is misclassification, exactly? Well, most federal and local wage laws apply only to “employees”…
Virginia Significantly Raises Worker Misclassification Fines
From Sands Anderson PC – JDSupra — “Worker misclassification remains a number one target area for both state and federal…
Roofer who worked as part of a team and was told where to go and what to do was an employee
From WestlawNext (subscription required) — The Supreme Court of Oklahoma addressed the issues of employee or independent contractor in…
Cal. Supreme Court Clarifies Standards for Class Certification of Independent Contract Class Actions
From Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP — The California Supreme Court said that the standard for certifying a…
Senator Sherrod Brown – Helping Ohio workers receive the benefits they deserve
From the registerherald.com — To cut costs, some employers cheat the system by misclassifying their employees as independent contractors….
Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Expands Efforts to Uncover Employer Fraud
From Clarksville, TN Online — The Workers’ Compensation Division of the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development has…
Stricter definition of ‘employee’ sought in Ohio
From The Akron Legal News — State Reps. Debbie Phillips and Denise Driehaus are stumping for the passage of…
