Category: United States
Two janitorial companies to pay more than $1.5 million for worker misclassification
From Transportation, Safety, Human Resources Compliance – J. J. Keller & Associates — The California Labor Commissioner issued citations…
Arizona firm pays $600K in IC case; taking steps to prevent misclassification
From Staffing Industry Analysts — An Arizona drywall contractor agreed to pay $556,000 in overtime back wages…
Rhode Island considering changes to worker classification regulations
From ICon Professional Services’ Blog — The Rhode Island state legislature is considering a bill that would create…
Colorado Supreme Court: independent contractor status dependent on totality of the circumstances
From Lexology — The Colorado Supreme Court ruled yesterday that determining whether a worker is “customarily engaged in an…
In Texas, Construction Reform Has an Unlikely Champion
From Working In These Times — “It’s the Wild West,” says Stan Marek, CEO of Marek Brothers, in an…
Independent contractor status — Colorado Supreme Court sets forth applicable test
From Lexology — Yesterday we posted an article describing the unsettled test for independent contractor status under Colorado’s unemployment…
Totality of circumstances, not single or multi-factor test, determines employee or independent contractor status
From the Employment Law Daily — In two en banc decisions, the Colorado Supreme Court rejected single and multi-factor…
Worker misclassification still a problem in Texas
From the ICon Professional Services’ Blog. As this blog wrote last month, the state government of Texas just passed a…
Employee or Independent Contractor? The Risks of Making A Wrong Decision Grow
From California Peculiarities Employment Law Blog — Employers use independent contractors instead of employees for a variety of reasons…
Independent contractor status dependent on more than one factor, says second Colorado court
From Lexology — A second division of the Colorado Court of Appeals has just rejected a stringent, single-factor test…
Massachusetts Employers May Be Liable to Out-of-State Employees Misclassified as Independent Contractors
From Holland & Knight — Massachusetts employers have long labored under the strictures of the Massachusetts independent contractor statute,…
Massachusetts Independent Contractor Law
From Morse Barnes-Brown Pendleton, Robert Shea discusses the Massachusetts Independent Contractor Law. Bob discusses worker classification under…
