With 2024 underway, we highlight some of the most pressing legal issues facing employers this year, including increased regulation of noncompetition agreements, new paid family and medical leave laws, a new Overtime Rule, and...more
4/23/2024
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Employee misclassification continues to be the largest source of class action litigation in the logistics industry.
California Trucking Association v. Bonta May Head to the Supreme Court -
Independent contract...more
9/22/2021
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Appeals ,
Class Action ,
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Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
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Reversal
The vast majority of class action litigation in the logistics industry over the past quarter, and indeed the last few years, has been focused on the issue of worker misclassification.
In particular, as state legislatures...more
1/7/2021
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Class Action ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 (FAAAA) ,
Independent Contractors ,
Logistics ,
Misclassification ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Trucking Industry ,
Unions
In an opinion issued on July 9, 2020, the District Court of New Jersey granted class certification for a group of delivery drivers who allege they were incorrectly classified independent contractors.
In the opinion, the...more
New Jersey is one of the more aggressive states in seeking to punish employers for the misclassification of their workers. It recently upped the stakes for employers by enacting the New Jersey Wage Theft Act, which was signed...more
9/19/2019
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Damages ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
Penalties ,
Rebuttable Presumptions ,
State Labor Laws ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Theft ,
Wage Theft Prevention Act