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[Webinar] Employee Benefits Changes in 2024: New Requirements for Part-time Employees and Independent Contractors - March 7th,...

If you employ part-time workers and/or engage independent contractors, sit up and take note: 2024 will bring significant changes to how you manage your workforce. The US Department of Labor’s revised Independent Contractor...more

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Littler Global Guide - United Kingdom - Q4 2021

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Striking Workers Are Protected from Suffering Detriment - Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency - On November 18, 2021, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) confirmed that workers who take part in...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Santa Clara County Updates Health Order to Require Businesses to Ascertain COVID-19 Vaccination Status of Personnel

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In connection with Santa Clara County’s move into California’s yellow COVID-19 tier, the state’s lowest pandemic restriction level under its tier system, the county’s health officer updated its Health Order, effective May 19,...more

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Department of Labor Delays Effective Date of Regulations on Independent Contractors and Tips

On February 5, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published notices in the Federal Register of its proposed delay of the effective dates of the Trump administration’s regulations addressing independent contractor...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Uber and Lyft Drivers are Employees in California

In September 2019, the California legislature passed, and Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law, Assembly Bill 5 (“AB5”), which established a more stringent test for classifying workers as independent contractors. This...more

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Shutdown Averted – Lyft And Uber’s AB-5 Battle With California Heats Up

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The fate of rideshare companies in California has taken several dramatic twists today following last week’s preliminary injunction enjoining Lyft and Uber from classifying their drivers as independent contractors. The...more

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Lyft’s IPO Warns About Misclassification Risks And Local Regulations

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Lyft recently filed for an initial public offering with the hopes of raising as much as $2.1 billion. As part of its registration statement for its IPO, Lyft acknowledged the company could be negatively impacted by several...more

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New York City Enacts Mandatory Minimum Wage for App-Hail Drivers

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On December 4, 2018, the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) adopted rules mandating a minimum wage for app-hailed drivers....more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

Employee or Independent Contractor?

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A Hot Question for 2018 due to The North Carolina Employee Fair Classification Act - Employee misclassification is not a new issue. However, the North Carolina Employee Fair Classification Act (EFCA), N.C. Gen. Stat. §...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

North Carolina Governor Signs Law Creating Division to Investigate and Prosecute Employee Misclassification Claims

In 2015, a Raleigh newspaper ran a series of investigative articles focused on construction industry members that classified a large portion of their workers as independent contractors instead of employees. The articles...more

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NYC Passes Sweeping Freelance Worker Protection Law

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New York City just passed landmark legislation to protect the wages of freelance workers, which goes into effect on May 15, 2017. Freelance work is on the rise. In 2015, freelancers made up approximately 16% of the nation’s...more

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New York City Enacts First-of-Its-Kind Law to Protect Freelance Workers

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On November 16, 2016, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed Int. No. 1017-C, known as the Freelance Isn’t Free Act (“Act”), which establishes protections for the estimated 1.3 million independent workers in New York City....more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Freelancers in New York City Get Wage Protections

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A written contract, payment within 30 days, and statutory damages for non-payment of wages are among the provisions of New York City’s new freelancer protection law signed by Mayor Bill de Blasio on November 16, 2016. The law...more

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New Arizona Law Permits Parties To Establish Presumption Of Contractor Status Through Writing

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As covered at length here, Arizona has enacted a new law effective August 6, 2016 allowing businesses and service providers seeking to enter into an independent contractor relationship to execute a “declaration of independent...more

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New California Regulations Continue to Challenge California Employers

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New California Regulations Continue To Challenge California Employers - On April 1, 2016, California will enforce revised regulations designed to protect employees from illegal harassment, retaliation and discrimination....more

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Worker Misclassification – What Employers Need to Know in Light of New Enforcement Efforts

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The Virginia Department of Labor and Industry (“DOLI”) has recently announced the implementation of a new Virginia Occupational Safety and Health (“VOSH”) policy directed at preventing the misclassification of workers in VOSH...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New Jersey Supreme Court Adopts Restrictive Test for “Independent Contractor” Status

The New Jersey Supreme Court recently adopted a new test making it more difficult for New Jersey employers to classify workers as independent contractors. In a lawsuit brought by contract delivery drivers against a chain of...more

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