As March Madness gets underway, a California federal judge has called a flagrant foul and ejected the trucking industry from its ongoing battle to challenge Assembly Bill No. 5 (“AB5”)....more
3/18/2024
/ ABC Test ,
Commercial Truck Drivers ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 (FAAAA) ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
Motor Carriers ,
Preemption ,
State Labor Laws ,
Teamsters ,
Trucking Industry ,
Wage and Hour
On January 14, 2021, the California Supreme Court in Vasquez v. Jan-Pro Franchise International, Inc. held that the three-part “ABC” test previously set forth in Dynamex Operations West Inc. v. Superior Court also applies...more
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the recently passed Assembly Bill 5 (“AB-5”) codifying the Dynamex decision relating to the classification of independent contractors/employees in California and further “clarifying the...more
9/27/2019
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Dynamex ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Gig Economy ,
Governor Newsom ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
State Labor Laws ,
Transportation Industry ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Orders
The significance and meaning of the midterm election results is obviously the subject of pervasive interest and intense debate, and the uncertainty of what comes next may be thrilling or terrifying, depending on one’s...more
11/16/2018
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Election Results ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 (FAAAA) ,
FUTA ,
Governor Murphy ,
Independent Contractors ,
IRS ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Minimum Wage ,
Misclassification ,
Preemption ,
Trucking Industry
California Senate Bill No. 1402 (the “Act”) was recently signed into law by Governor Brown, further entrenching motor carriers, brokers and shippers into the on-going California independent contractor (IC) vs. employee...more
10/5/2018
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Exporters ,
Forward Contracts ,
Freight Forwarding ,
Governor Brown ,
Importers ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
Motor Carriers ,
Shipping ,
Trucking Industry
As has been widely reported, the California Supreme Court on April 30, 2018, issued a decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County that rejected a long-standing flexible, multifactor...more
On Monday, April 30th, the California Supreme Court issued a decision that the long-standing flexible Borello classification standard for employee versus independent contractor does not apply in the context of California wage...more
Recently, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed misclassification claims presented by an owner and his company holding that the Plaintiffs did not qualify as an ‘individual’ under Massachusetts...more
Recently the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia determined that Co-Defendants, Omnicare, Inc. (“Omnicare”) and Act Fast Delivery of West Virginia, Inc. (“Act Fast”) were acting as joint employers...more
A National Labor Relations Judge dismissed an action brought by the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) regional director against Menard, Inc. (“Menards”) for misclassifying its independent contractor (“ICs”) drivers in...more
11/22/2017
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Corporate Counsel ,
Delivery Drivers ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Independent Contractors ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Misclassification ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Wage and Hour
Over the last two years, the Benesch Transportation & Logistics Team has written in various installments of the FLASH about the Massachusetts Independent Contractor Law, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, §148B (the “Massachusetts...more
Disruptors Continue to Create Challenges for the Independent Contractor Business Model -
Our increasingly on-demand, technology-driven economy has been a petri dish for disruptive business models that are responsible...more
2 Steps Back — First Circuit Could Have Done More for the Independent Contractor Business Model -
Approximately one year ago in FLASH No. 46, we wrote about Massachusetts District Court Judge Robert G. Stearns’ industry...more
Worker classification and regulatory compliance issues have resulted in numerous, costly judgments and settlements in the transportation industry. With the year drawing to a close, and no end in sight as to the pressures on...more
The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to review the Swift worker misclassification case, which has been working its way through the courts for several years. That decision has brought up a lot of questions on the...more
Two recent court decisions from two different jurisdictions, issued several weeks apart, reflect a more balanced and reasonable approach for determining worker classification issues based on the totality of the facts and...more
The assault on the independent contractor model continues in earnest in the first half of 2014. Recent court rulings in California only serve to validate the initiatives taking hold with state legislatures, individual...more