This past month’s headline developments involve three major developments in the area of independent contractor (IC) misclassification. The first case involves a large department store that agreed to pay most of the costs of...more
4/6/2015
/ Adult Entertainment ,
Class Action ,
Delivery Drivers ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Franchises ,
Independent Contractors ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Lyft ,
Macy's ,
Misclassification ,
Retailers ,
Trucking Industry ,
Uber ,
Wage and Hour
A number of our blog posts since October 2010, including our monthly updates beginning in November 2012, have included reports on class action lawsuits by exotic dancers against strip clubs. This industry has, by far, the...more
JANITORIAL FRANCHISE COMPANY SETTLES ITS APPEAL OF $4.8 MILLION JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF MISCLASSIFIED CUSTODIANS. Coverall North America Inc. settled the independent contractor misclassification case filed against it by a class...more
2/3/2015
/ ABC Test ,
Class Action ,
Commercial Truck Drivers ,
Construction Industry ,
Construction Workers ,
Cooperation Agreement ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Franchise Agreements ,
Franchises ,
Independent Contractors ,
Lowes ,
Misclassification ,
Retailers ,
Trucking Industry ,
Wage and Hour
A $6.5 million settlement between Lowe’s Home Centers and a class of its home improvement contractors was approved by a federal court judge in California earlier this week. The contractors claim that they had been...more
SUPPLIER OF INSTALLATION SERVICES FOR LARGE SATELLITE TV COMPANY CANNOT DISMISS IC MISCLASSIFICATION CLAIM BY INSTALLER. A federal district court in Mississippi last month denied cross-motions for summary judgment in an FLSA...more
1/6/2015
/ Adult Entertainment ,
Class Action ,
Construction Industry ,
Consultants ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Independent Contractors ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Misclassification ,
Popular ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Trucking Industry
This month’s headline developments are two independent contractor misclassification class action lawsuits: one was filed in New York against a Silicon Valley giant, Google Inc., and the second was filed in California against...more
12/3/2014
/ Adult Entertainment ,
Appeals ,
Class Action ,
Commercial Truck Drivers ,
Delivery Drivers ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Google ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
Offshore Drilling ,
Oil & Gas ,
Popular ,
Silicon Valley ,
Startups ,
Trucking Industry ,
Wage and Hour
This month’s headline development are the seismic decisions, issued on August 27, 2014 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, concluding as a matter of law that FedEx Ground had misclassified over 2,300 drivers...more
9/3/2014
/ AFL-CIO ,
Appeals ,
Class Action ,
Commercial Truck Drivers ,
Construction Industry ,
Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Executive Orders ,
FedEx ,
Independent Contractors ,
Lyft ,
Misclassification ,
Newspapers ,
Trucking Industry ,
Uber ,
Wage and Hour