NLRB, Wage and Hour, Independent Contractors

From the White House to the Workplace: How Trump's 2024 Victory Could Reshape Labor and Employment Laws

Venable LLP on 11/8/2024

America has made it across the finish line for the 47th time: Donald Trump has been elected the country's new president. The 2024 presidential election is set to have far-reaching implications for both employers and...more

Federal Independent Contractor Law Will Hardly Be Impacted by a Change in ‎Administration, but State Laws Will Continue to Be...

Locke Lord LLP on 11/6/2024

Many commentators will likely suggest that the law involving independent contractor misclassification will become more favorable to businesses and less favorable to workers with a change in the White House. While things will...more

[Webinar] New California Employment Laws and Developments for 2025 - November 20th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT

CDF Labor Law LLP on 10/31/2024

Join us for a comprehensive, complimentary webinar on November 20, 2024, from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. (Pacific), presented by CDF Partners Mark S. Spring and Nicole Legrottaglie Wohl. This “Year in Review” session will cover the...more

Commentary: NLRB Poised to Rule That Independent Contractor Misclassification Alone ‎Violates the Law, but Ruling Not Likely to...

Locke Lord LLP on 10/24/2024

A recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board in a case involving workers who were classified by a company as independent contractors has provided a clear signal that the NLRB is likely to reverse its current law...more

NLRB About to Rule That Independent Contractor Misclassification Alone Violates Law

Locke Lord LLP on 10/22/2024

Is independent contractor misclassification, standing alone, a violation of the National Labor Relations Act? Last month, the National Labor Relations Board issued a decision in a case involving workers who were found to be...more

How Construction Employers Can Avoid Common Wage & Hour Claims

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 7/30/2024

Employer wage and hour violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and other applicable state laws are some of the most frequent in the construction industry. They are often the costliest an employer can make. However,...more

Employer Whiplash: Federal Agencies Flip-Flop on Two Federal Employment Rules

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 4/19/2024

While federal regulations and rules shift under new administrations frequently, recent events related to two important employment rules mean they revert to prior versions, potentially exposing employers to legal liability if...more

March 2024 Employment Updates: New DOL Independent Contractor Rule Goes Into Effect, While NLRB Joint Employer Rule Vacated at the...

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 3/22/2024

On March 11, 2024, after many months of anticipation, the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) final rule on independent contractor status went into effect. Meanwhile, on March 8, 2024, a revised joint employer rule announced by the...more

Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your March To-Do List

Fisher Phillips on 3/4/2024

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

5 Practical Employment Tips You Need to Know for 2024

Fenwick & West LLP on 2/1/2024

2023 was a seismic year for the employment landscape, with changes to state and federal laws that touch on hiring, firing, and just about everything in between. Members of Fenwick’s employment group recently walked through...more

#WorkforceWednesday: DOL’s Final Rule on Worker Classification, NLRB Joint-Employer Rule Challenged, SpaceX Sues NLRB - Employment...

Epstein Becker & Green on 1/31/2024

This week, we’re running down the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) recently released final rule on worker classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the challenges faced by the National Labor Relations...more

Snakes! And Other Things to Watch for in 2024, Contingent Workforce Edition

BakerHostetler on 1/3/2024

When playing professional sports in Australia, you’d better watch out for snakes. A venomous red-bellied black snake was spotted on the field at an Australian Football League Women’s match earlier this year, causing an...more

It’s an election year. Be careful out there.

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 12/19/2023

It’s an election year. Be careful out there. “A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away,” I represented labor unions. Actually, it was more like 30+ years ago and a few miles down I-85 in Atlanta. Just like that opening...more

NLRB Establishes New Joint Employer Rule

McCarter & English, LLP on 11/20/2023

The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) governs private sector labor/management relations in the United States. Under the NLRA, employers have certain responsibilities and restrictions with regard to their employees,...more

NLRB Wants Employers to be Responsible for Contract, Franchise Workers

Fox Rothschild LLP on 10/30/2023

In the latest of a string of decisions seemingly supporting President Biden’s claim of being the most pro-union president in history, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) this week issued its Final Rule on the Standard...more

NLRB Takes Aim at Employers that Classify Workers as Independent Contractors

Quarles & Brady LLP on 8/4/2023

In recent action, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) has demonstrated a clear intention to closely scrutinize employers that classify workers as independent contractors. Specifically, in June, 2023, the...more

Policy Matters Newsletter - July 2023

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/27/2023

After Lengthy Confirmation Fight, Brace For Intrusive EEOC Action. On July 13, the Senate finally confirmed attorney Kaplana Kotagal — whom we have had numerous occasion to discuss in this space — to join the Equal Employment...more

NLRB Independent Contractor Test Gives More Workers Union Organizing Rights

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 7/13/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “the Board”) continued its course of reversing Trump-era law by issuing a decision last month that will make it easier for workers to establish “employee” – as opposed to...more

Lessons for Construction Industry in Labor Board’s New Test to Classify Independent Contractors

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 6/29/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has made finding independent contractor status harder under the National Labor Relations Act. The Atlanta Opera, Inc., 372 NLRB No. 95 (2023). This decision may significantly affect...more

Biden NLRB Reverts to Obama Era Independent Contractor Test: Test Previously Rejected by DC Circuit

Epstein Becker & Green on 6/28/2023

Shocking few NLRB observers, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), in The Atlanta Opera, Inc., Case 10-RC-276292, a 3-1 decision issued June 13, 2023, announced its modified standard for analyzing whether workers are...more

NLRB Restores Employee-Friendly Independent Contractor Test

Gould + Ratner LLP on 6/28/2023

On June 13, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) overruled the Trump-era decision that “entrepreneurial opportunity” is the animating principle of the test to determine whether a worker is an employee or...more

NLRB’s Independent Contractor Test Shifts Back To Pre-Trump Standard

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/26/2023

Last week, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) issued a decision changing the legal standard it will use to determine whether workers are “employees” covered by the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”), or...more

NLRB Departs from Employer-Friendly Independent Contractor Test

Fox Rothschild LLP on 6/22/2023

The National Labor Relations Board, in its decision in The Atlanta Opera, Inc., has modified its standard for determining whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor under the National Labor Relations Act (the...more

NLRB Returns to Pre-2019 Independent Contractor Standard Making It Easier for Workers To Be Considered Employees

Morgan Lewis on 6/22/2023

In The Atlanta Opera Inc., the National Labor Relations Board once again changed the standard for determining independent contractor status under the National Labor Relations Act, returning to its pre-2019 standard making it...more

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