Category: Texas
Employer’s Signature May Not Be Essential to Enforceability of Arbitration Agreement
From JDSupra, Arnoldo Rodriguez discusses a unique case in which an employer did not sign an arbitration agreement…
Employee vs. Independent Contractor
From Law.com/Texas Lawyer, Michael P. Maslanka discusses the ongoing struggle between protecting workers and allowing individual freedom…
COVID-19: Self employed Texans get some relief benefits
From The American Genius, April Bingham discusses opportunities for independent contractors to obtain benefits through Disaster Unemployment…
Texas Rule on “Gig Workers” Takes Effect
From Epstein Becker Green, Susan Gross Sholinsky, Greta Ravitsky, Kevin R. Vozzo, and Christopher R. Shur provide…
Texas Workers Could Lose Employee Rights Under Proposed Rule For Gig-Economy Apps
From Houston Public Media, Elizabeth Trovall reports that, amidst a cloud of controversy, the Texas Workforce Commission…
In Today’s Gig Economy, Are You Classifying Dealer-Trade Drivers Correctly?
From Dealer Marketing, Lariza Hebert and Stephen J. Roppolo discuss a case in Texas in which a driver…
Are Your Independent Contractors Really Employees?
From JDSupra, Tressie McKeon discusses the classification of workers in Texas and the oversight provided by the Texas Workforce…
New bill allows Uber, Lyft to self regulate | WFAA.com
WFAA reports that new legislation in Texas that prevents cities from regulating Uber or Lyft and…
6 Factors for Determining Whether a Worker Is an Independent Contractor
From Texas Lawyer, Jay M. Wallace, Lindsey L. Goldstein and Alana K. Ackels discuss 6 factors that…
Texas Urged to Crack Down on Employers That Misclassify Workers
From Texas Exes, Julian Aguilar writes about efforts in Texas strengthen laws that prohibit the misclassification of…
Texas House Panel finds that worker misclassification “compromises free markets” and promotes “lawlessness”
From Texas GOP Vote — this is a post that shares the findings the Texas House Business and Industry…
Costs of an Employee Vs. Independent Contractor
From the Houston Chronicle — “Employee Costs In April 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated that…
