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‘Standing orders’ in Karnataka State, India

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Since 2014, the state government of Karnataka has exempted companies operating in the IT, animation, gaming, computer graphics, telecom and certain other specified knowledge-based industries from the requirements of ‘standing...more

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Media and Telecom Companies Must Adapt to New DOL Rule on Classifying Employees and Independent Contractors

Given that the name of this site is CommLawCenter, our focus is generally on communications law and regulation. More accurately, however, our focus is on legal developments that affect the media and telecom industries, even...more

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Canada Adds Exemptions from Hours of Work Requirements for Certain Employees in Banking, Telecommunications and Broadcasting,...

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On August 16, 2023, Canada published Regulation SOR/2023-180 under the Canada Labour Code (CLC) (Amending Regulation).  The Amending Regulation exempts certain classes of employees in the banking, telecommunications and...more

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The Right To Disconnect in Federally-Regulated Workplaces

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The "right to disconnect" refers to an employee's ability to not engage in work-related communications (emails, texts, telephone calls, video calls, etc.) while off duty....more

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Financial Daily Dose 3.17.2021 | Top Story: Uber to Reclassify Its 70k British Drivers as “Workers”

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Uber will officially classify its British drivers, all 70,000 of them, as “workers” following a “major legal defeat” for the ride-hailing company in the British Supreme Court last month. The move entitles the drivers to “a...more

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DOL Issues Opinion Letter in Regard to Payment for Commute Time to Teleworkers

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With the tremendous increase in telework, employers have had to face a number of new issues, including properly compensating their employees.  Fortunately, the United States Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (“DOL”)...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Minimizing Risks of BYOD Use For Work

Employees seem permanently attached to their smart phones today, but allowing employees to use their personal devices to make work calls, and send and receive work emails can carry substantial risks. ...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Monsanto’s (and, in turn, Bayer AG’s) terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day in court over its Roundup products’ links to cancer continued yesterday, as a jury awarded $80 million to the California man who it had already...more

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The Future of Work: Five Developing Trends for Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Employers

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Technology, media, and telecommunications organizations are at the forefront of tackling new challenges in handling employee information and managing employee populations. As legislatures (from the federal level down to...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Data Protection Alert - How data protection impacts labor law

One of the aspects of digitalization is that it blurs the lines between personal and professional lives of employees. Such acknowledgement is reflected in EU and French laws, notably with regard to teleworking and the right...more

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September 2016 Independent Contractor Misclassification and Compliance News Update

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The past month’s judicial and administrative activity in the area of IC misclassification reflects the wide range of industries facing these types of claims: communications; cleaning services; transportation and delivery...more

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California Legislative Update: Which Bills Made the Final Cut?

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Although the California Legislature sent Governor Jerry Brown bills on bed bugs, powdered alcohol, and making denim the official state fabric, the laws enacted in 2016 affecting the state’s private-sector employers were...more

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May 2016 Independent Contractor Misclassification and Compliance News Update

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TELECOM SALES AND MARKETING AGENTS GAIN CERTIFICATION IN IC MISCLASSIFICATION CLASS ACTION. A New York federal district court grants conditional certification of a proposed FLSA nationwide collective action brought against...more

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