Category: Pennsylvania
Boss pleads guilty to worker-misclassification under Pennsylvania’s Construction Workers Misclassification Act
From the Daily Times, Alex Rose reports that a man pled guilty to felony charges of misclassifying…
Medical Interpreters Deemed Employees Not Independent Contractors: The Detrimental Effect Of Non-Compete Agreements!
From JDSupra, Mark Tabakman discusses a recent case in Pennsylvania in which interpreters were found to be…
Taskforce would address misclassification of employees
From the Pennsylvania Business Report, Melina Druga reports on Pennsylvania legislation to create a joint taskforce to focus…
How A Supreme Court Ruling On An Uber Driver Could Remake Pennsylvania’s Gig Economy
From the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, Stephen Caruso reports that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said that an Uber driver…
Pennsylvania Employers May Be on the Hook for Additional Unemployment Compensation Taxes
From JDSupra, Shannon Farmer, Elliot Griffin, Christopher Jones and Wendi Kotzen discuss a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court…
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Narrows Independent Contractor Test Under State’s Unemployment Law
From JDSupra, Dustin Bodaghi and William Weissman discuss a recent case from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in…
Philadelphia’s Portable Benefits Plan Could Be Gig Economy Model
From JDSupra, Rick Grimaldi reports on a Philadelphia bill that creates portable benefits for domestic workers and…
Lawmakers: Misclassifying workers costing millions in revenue
From The Intelligencer, Chris English reports on the efforts of Pennsylvania legislators to strengthen the laws governing…
Psychological Counselors Properly Classified as Independent Contractors
From JDSupra, Richard Reibstein reports that a Pennsylvania court found that counselors were independent contractors. Richard writes: The…
Referees Settle Independent Contractor FLSA Action: No “Penalty” For Either Side
From JDSupra, Mark Tabakman discusses a settlement from a case alleging that referees were misclassified as independent…
Overview of the Construction Workplace Misclassification Act
From Lawyers.com, Larry Pitt provides an overview of Pennsylvania’s Construction Workplace Misclassification Act. Larry writes: The Construction…
Stiffer Penalties Proposed for Misclassification of Construction Workers
From The Legal Intelligencer, Victoria Hudgins reports on a Pennsylvania state representative’s efforts to increase the penalties…
