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#WorkforceWednesday: Employee Privacy and COVID-19, CMS Vaccine Mandate on Hold, Independent Contractor Classification - Employment Law This Week®
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Legal Minute: Contractor Misclassification
In a recent decision, the New Jersey Appellate Division held in Kennedy v. Weichert Co., No. A-0518-19, __N.J.__ (App. Div. Jan. 30, 2023) (slip. op.), that the “ABC Test” (described here) does not apply when determining...more
The New Jersey so-called ABC test for determining independent contractor status is one of the toughest in the country and is applied in a strict manner by the New Jersey Department of Labor. But, evidently, there are...more
In a recently published appellate division decision, Kennedy v. Weichert Co., a New Jersey court addressed the issue of classification of commissioned real estate salespeople as independent contractors. The court ruled that...more
In New Jersey, multiple tests have been applied in workers' compensation cases to determine whether a claimant is eligible for compensation as an employee or ineligible as an independent contractor including: - The...more
In East Bay Drywall, LLC v. Department of Labor & Workforce Development, decided on August 2, 2022, the New Jersey Supreme Court confirmed the difficulties employers face when trying to establish independent contractor status...more
On August 2, 2022, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued a ruling in E. Bay Drywall, LLC v. Dep't of Labor & Workforce Dev., __N.J.__ (Aug. 2, 2022)(slip. op.), concerning the complexities of worker classification under the...more
On June 9, 2022, the New Jersey District Court in Portillo v. Nat’l Freight, Inc., 15-cv-07908, 2022 U.S. District. LEXIS 103186 (D.N.J. June 9, 2022) determined that roughly 250 drivers for trucking company National Freight,...more
On July 8, 2021, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed four bills aimed at cracking down on employers who misclassify independent contractors as employees. In a press release, the Governor’s office lauded this legislative...more
New Jersey’s Governor has taken aim at employee misclassification by signing into law four Bills that anoint heightened administrative powers to the New Jersey Department of Labor (“DOL”), require additional reporting...more
In a big win for employers, the New Jersey Appellate Division issued a published decision holding that single-member LLCs can be independent contractors and not employees for purposes of unemployment fund contributions ...more
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) has issued final regulations related to the COVID-19 job protection act signed into law on March 20, 2020. The law generally protects employees from...more
The State of New Jersey (and many other states) has started to tighten up laws regarding independent contractor status. One troubling component (to management-side practitioners and employers alike) of this New Jersey...more