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California’s New Freelancer Law Sets Rules for Retaining Solo Independent Contractors

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A new California law requires written contracts when engaging most solo independent contractors. The written contracts must contain certain types of information....more

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New Minnesota Law Voids Restrictive Employment Covenants in Service Contracts, Except for Computer Professionals

Minnesota’s legislature rushed through several bills this year affecting recruiting and staffing associations and other service providers such as property management companies. One such law may, as one member of the Minnesota...more

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OFCCP to Require Successor Employers to Offer Right of First Refusal to Predecessor Employees Under Service Contract Act

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On December 14, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor issued final regulations requiring the so-called “nondisplacement” of workers performing work on contracts for the federal government under the Service Contract Act (SCA)....more

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Another Minimum Wage Increase on the Horizon for Federal Contractors

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The DOL announcement comes on the heels of a federal district court in Texas blocking the enforcement of Biden’s Executive Order 14026 in three states (Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi). The federal court determined that...more

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DoorDash Hacker Incident Illustrates Third-Party Vendor Risks and Potential Vulnerabilities

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​​​​​​​Hackers have increasingly focused on third-party vendors as avenues to data held by associated businesses. On August 25, 2022, DoorDash announced that it had experienced a data breach which impacted the personal...more

MoFo Employment Law Commentary (ELC)

Ready, Set, Certify: OFCCP Releases Mandatory Annual AAP Certifications

On December 2, 2021, OFCCP announced that it was launching its Affirmative Action Program Verification Initiative (the AAP VI), requiring all federal supply and service contractors and subcontractors to certify annually...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

COVID-19 and Force Majeure Clauses

Many organizations may be parties to contracts where the counterparty is seeking to cancel its obligations because of COVID-19. This situation is arising in relation to various commercial relationships, including supply...more

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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Practical Guide

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There are significant differences between the version of the CCPA that was first proposed as a ballot initiative in 2017 and the version of the CCPA that was ultimately passed by the state legislature in 2018. In general, the...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Pumping the Procedural Brakes: Arbitration Clause Stays Potential Uber Class Action

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Will an arbitration provision in a services agreement between Uber and its drivers prevent the drivers from bringing a class action for being misclassified as contractors? The Ontario Superior Court recently addressed this...more

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Insurance Agents as Employees? Court Breaks Independent Contractor Precedent

On August 1, 2017, the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio held that insurance agents working under independent contractor agreements with an insurer were employees for purposes of pursuing pension and other...more

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