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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Employment Flash - March 2024

In this issue of Employment Flash: the new DOL rule on independent contractors, SCOTUS’s unanimous Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower ruling, plus labor law developments in California, Delaware, D.C., New York, the EU, Germany and...more

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NLRB Returns to the Obama-Era Standard for Independent Contractors

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) issued a decision on June 16, 2023, returning to an Obama-era standard used to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under the National...more

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Employee or Independent Contractor? Not so fast…

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The National Labor Relations Board recently issued a decision finding that makeup artists, wig artists and hairstylists of The Atlanta Opera were in fact employees and not independent contractors. In rendering its decision...more

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NLRB Reverts to Tougher Contractor Standard

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On June 13, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) reconsidered its standard when determining whether workers are covered employees under the National Labor Relations Act or, instead, are independent contractors...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Everything and the Kitchen Sink: The NLRB’s Labor-Friendly New Year’s Resolutions

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Contrary to the expression’s limitations, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board”) set the tone for 2023 with some major Decisions which will essentially provide employees with not only the kitchen sink, but the walls...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

NLRB to Decide Whether Misclassification Is Standalone Violation of the NLRA

The National Labor Relations Board (Board or NLRB) could reverse a 2019 decision holding that honest, albeit mistaken, classification decisions and announcements to employees do not violate the National Labor Relations Act...more

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Third Thursdays with Ruthie: Are College Professors and Other Professional Employees Covered By the NLRA?

The issue of whether faculty at private colleges and universities are entitled to the protections of the National Labor Relations Act is still in flux—and cases on this topic can provide useful insight for other industries as...more

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Labor Board Dunks On Employer’s Contractor Classification Attempt - NBA’s Timberwolves Foul Out In Front Of NLRB

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In a ruling sure to leave businesses and gig economy companies crying foul, the National Labor Relations Board concluded that workers producing electronic video display content for the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves were...more

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Do You Know Who Your Employees Are?

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Employers are beginning to learn that they may have far more employees than they think. A driver for the ride sharing company Uber was considered an “employee” by the California Labor Commissioner’s Office earlier this month....more

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