Category: United States
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…
Utah unemployment claimant was an employee despite independent contractor agreement
From CCH — another reminder that having an independent contractor agreement is not conclusive if the relationship of…
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…
California: When is an Independent Contractor Actually an Employee?
From Rukin Hyland Doria & Tindall LLP — The U.S. Department of Labor has published a worksheet that describes…
Totality of the Circumstances determines employee or independent contractor
From Colorado Employment Lawyers – “he Courts found that the question of whether or not an individual…
Independent contractor or employee: Who is working for you?
From Crain’s Detroit Business — The IRS recently developed a three-part test to determine whether a worker should be…
Another Logistics and Delivery Company Found to Have Misclassified its Drivers as Independent Contractors
From the Independent Contractor Compliance and Misclassification Legal Blog — The Ninth Circuit set forth the governing law in…
Delivery drivers are employees, not independent contractors, Ninth Circuit rules
From Lexology — “In a decision issued June 16, 2014, the Ninth Circuit ruled that despite the contract terms…
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…
Why many truckers choose independence
From the Press-Telegram — Within three short years, I went from working for others to owning and…
State’s crackdown on worker misclassification not all it’s cracked up to be
From New Hampshire Business Review — There is no question that the problem of misclassification is widespread in…
