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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…

Posted in ACA

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…

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Posted in Freelancing

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…

Posted in California

California Labor Contractor and Independent Contractor Issues

From the National Law Review — “California has, for a variety of reasons, become a particularly hostile…

Posted in California

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…

Posted in Misclassification

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…

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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…

Posted in Minnesota

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….

Posted in Freelancing

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…

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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…

Posted in Alabama

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…

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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…