This chart is a high-level overview of the various payroll and tax credit programs under the CARES Act and FFCRA and does not include the eligibility and technical requirements of each program, which are highly complex....more
5/24/2020
/ CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Federal Loans ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Payroll Taxes ,
Popular ,
Relief Measures ,
SBA Lending Programs ,
Sick Leave ,
Sick Pay ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Relief
The opinion adopts well-established federal law and overturns a 22-year-old California case that held that withholding was not required.
Everyone knows that, when an employer pays wages to an employee, the employer...more
In a long-awaited decision, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled yesterday that the state independent contractor (IC) law, widely regarded as the most restrictive IC law in the nation, does not apply to licensed...more
The President released his Fiscal Year 2016 Budget today, February 2, 2015. In furtherance of the President’s budget request, the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division provided a 32-page budget justification to Congress...more
2/4/2015
/ Barack Obama ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Budget ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
Popular ,
Wage and Hour
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
In the past week, the Supreme Court of Kansas and the National Labor Relations Board have issued lengthy, comprehensive opinions finding that FedEx misclassified its Home Delivery and Ground Division drivers as independent...more
A recent online edition of New York Magazine’s “Daily Intelligencer” includes a comprehensive article on how Silicon Valley startup tech companies using “the 1099 model” may be exposed to employment, tax and benefit law...more
Today’s online edition of New York Magazine’s “Daily Intelligencer” includes a comprehensive article on how Silicon Valley start-up tech companies using “the 1099 model” may be exposed to employment, tax, and benefit law...more
The news from Washington, D.C. yesterday is that the U.S. Department of Labor is funding 19 states’ efforts to crack down on businesses that unwittingly or intentionally fail to make unemployment contributions for individuals...more