Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge of Illinois Independent Contractor Classification Law
From the Ogletree Deakins Blog — On October 14, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United States refused…
Next Steps: If You’re Self-Employed and Need Coverage
From Healthcare.gov — “Next Steps: If you’re self employed and need coverage Learn how to apply for…
What does the future hold for workers in a freelance economy?
From PBS, Paul Solman interview Richard Greenwald of Brooklyn College who is concerned about the lack of a…
California Labor Contractor and Independent Contractor Issues
From the National Law Review — “California has, for a variety of reasons, become a particularly hostile…
Wage Order—Not Borello—Applies in Independent Contractor Status Test Says California Court of Appeal
From JDSupra Business Advisor — PerkinsCoie writes — “The California Court of Appeal, Second District, issued an…
When Hiring Workers Across Borders, Don’t Misclassify
From Corporate Counsel — “U.S. companies aren’t facing this classification danger solely on domestic turf and under…
Revenooer Rants: The employee vs. independent contractor game
From the TahoeDailyTribune.com — “An age-old issue which seems to never go away. In an effort to…
Laid off teacher builds a St. Paul FedEx business from scratch
From TwinCities.com — “Rene Martinez considers himself lucky. Another person might say that he made his own luck….
More independent contractors would do country good
From the dailyworld.com, Tom Purcell writes: “If more Americans were self-employed independent contractors, the country would…
7 Steps to Launch Your Freelancing Career Full-Time
From Entrepreneur — Raubi Marie Perilli writes: “Freelancing on the side is a great way to make…
Eden: How to avoid worker misclassification
From OANow.com — Tommy Eden writes: “The next time you are trying to decide how to properly classify someone…
ACA makes difference for self-employed
From azsundaily.com — “On a personal level, this law [the Affordable Care Act] changed our lives — my husband’s…