News & Analysis as of

Misclassification Department of Labor (DOL) On-Demand Services

Troutman Pepper Locke

Trump Administration Reissues 2019 Opinion Letter on Independent Contractors and Virtual Marketplace Companies

Troutman Pepper Locke on

The U.S. Department of Labor re-issued an Opinion Letter on the issue of independent contractor (IC) status of an on-demand virtual marketplace company (VMC) that refers end-market consumers to service providers who offer...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Labor Department Withdraws Independent Contractor Misclassification Guidance Issued in 2015: What Does this Mean for Businesses...

Troutman Pepper Locke on

Earlier yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a short, 3-sentence News Release where the recently-confirmed Labor Secretary, Alexander Acosta, announced that he has withdrawn the Labor Department’s formal guidance on...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

December 2016 Independent Contractor Misclassification and Compliance News Update

Troutman Pepper Locke on

In our update for last month’s developments in this area of the law, we report on five significant court cases involving companies in the transportation industry that use ICs as an integral part of their business model. Each...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

New York Establishes a Super IC Misclassification-Plus Task Force

Troutman Pepper Locke on

Yesterday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed Executive Order No. 159 expanding the existing Joint Enforcement Task Force on Employee Misclassification into a Joint Enforcement Task Force on Worker Exploitation and...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

June 2016 Independent Contractor Misclassification and Compliance News Update

Troutman Pepper Locke on

The poster children of IC misclassification cases dominated the news in June: Uber, Lyft, GrubHub, FedEx, an exotic dance club, and a trucking transport company. It was not a good month for any of them, yet as we have...more

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits...

What Does the Latest Uber Decision Mean for Your Gig Business?

If you tuned in to my appearance a few months ago on Bloomberg Law Radio, you heard me bemoaning our legal system’s failure to catch up with the gig economy. For those of you who don’t know, the term “gig economy” (also...more

6 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:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide