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The Saga Continues: Are Student Athletes Employees?

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This question, once settled, has seen increased scrutiny in recent years both from the National Labor Relations Board and courts that have considered the issue.2 One of those courts – the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, which...more

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UPDATE: NLRB Tightens Joint Employer Rule in Favor of Employers

This week the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) released the final version of its new standard for the test to be used in determining whether workers are jointly-employed by affiliated businesses (like in scenarios with...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

New York’s Highest Court Rules that Yoga Instructors are Independent Contractors: But Can Other Employers Hold that Pose?

The New York State Court of Appeals and New York City recently provided additional guidance for – and imposed additional requirements on – New York employers that use independent contractors. In In re Yoga Vida NYC, Inc....more

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Do You Know Who Your Employees Are? Joint Employer Liability Under the FLSA and Other Employment Laws

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As private equity firms become more involved in the operations of their portfolio companies, they are increasingly at risk of being deemed joint employers of their portfolio companies’ employees, leaving private equity firms...more

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The Concept Of Independent Contractor Is Under Assault— Especially In California

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The traditional working classification of independent contractor, as we have known it, may soon go the way of the dinosaur, the horseless carriage, and the telegraph. Although perhaps your gardener, pool man or family...more

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The Department of Labor Takes a Stance in Employee Misclassification Cases

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In a recent article, I warned all employers that government agencies are out to bust them for misclassifying their employees as independent contractors. The prior article discussed the efforts made by the United States...more

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DOL Issues Guidance Concluding that Most Workers are Employees Under the FLSA

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The Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued new guidance addressing independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In Administrator’s Interpretation No. 2015-1, the DOL interprets the...more

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Declaration of (In)Dependence? New Department of Labor Guidelines on Lawful Classification of Workers as Independent Contractors

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The United States Department of Labor (DOL) has fired a new salvo in its war on worker misclassification in the form of Administrator's Interpretation 2015-1, which challenges the widespread employer practice of declaring the...more

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Misclassification in the Cross-Hairs: DOL Issues new Interpretive Guidance

The U.S. Department of Labor has been busy of late. Fresh off of issuing a new Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing major changes to overtime exemptions (as summarized by HRLegalist), DOL Administrator David Weil has...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Employees vs. Independent Contractors: The DOL Weighs in on Worker Misclassification

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued an Administrator’s Interpretation that provides some important new guidance on the standard for classifying workers—as employees or independent contractors—under the Fair...more

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