News & Analysis as of

Employee Benefits › Sharing Economy

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 10.7.2019 | Top Story: Talks Between GM and UAW Falter as Strike Hits Fourth Week

Robins Kaplan LLP on

Talks between General Motors and the striking UAW broke down yesterday, threatening the progress the two sides “appeared to make in recent days,” a troubling sign as the strike heads into its 4th week....more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on

Q2 saw US growth hit the 3% mark for the first time in two years, besting last quarter’s lackluster showing by almost 2%. The report helped boost stocks across the board....more

Fisher Phillips

Next Crack In The Wall: NY Uber Drivers Held To Be Employees

Fisher Phillips on

Back in October, we reported that there appeared to be the first crack in the wall when it came to classifying Uber drivers as employees instead of independent contractors. At that time, it was reported that the New York...more

Mintz Edge

The Gig Economy, Independent Contractors, and New York Law

Mintz Edge on

The gig economy (on-demand work) is a disruptive factor in many industries, including the housing market (Airbnb, Homeaway), transportation services (Uber, Lyft, Juno, Via), delivery services (Postmates, Caviar, Instacart),...more

Littler

WPI Insider Briefing: What Happened to Health Care Reform and Where is the Department of Labor Headed?

Littler on

Republicans hoped to mark the seventh anniversary of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) enactment by passing legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to dismantle it. Instead, facing the failure of a bill on the House...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

News from the Vermont State House - An analysis from DRM's Government & Public Affairs Team - February 2017

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on

The Agency of Transportation has submitted a proposal to the House Transportation Committee that would allow the agency to seek damages from a utility that fails to move or adjust a utility line that is in a state or local...more

Troutman Pepper

Amazon.com Hit With Independent Contractor Misclassification Class Action Lawsuit By Delivery Drivers

Troutman Pepper on

Amazon is the latest tech company to be sued in a proposed class action by drivers delivering its products – in this case, goods to be delivered within two hours of being ordered through Amazon’s “Prime Now” app. The drivers...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Uber Employee Classification Class Action Could Impact All Employers

Best Best & Krieger LLP on

From Payroll Taxes to Sick Leave Laws … Federal Ruling Could Be Game Changer for Sharing Economy - A federal judge’s decision last week to certify a class of California Uber drivers in their lawsuit claiming Uber has...more

8 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide