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There are a few things that employers should do to ensure that the contractors really are contractors and not employees.

The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts recently ruled that FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. had misclassified a group of former pick-up and delivery drivers as independent contractors instead of employees under the Massachusetts Wage Laws.

The China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) issued the Consultation Paper on draft rules governing insurers' independent directors (Consultation Paper) on 26 December 2017.

Amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) ("FW Act") that took effect on 26 August 2024 introduced new definitions of "employee" and "employer".

Many companies will create a special-purpose vehicle (SPV) for a financing transaction when they want to isolate assets from their own credit risk.

This month’s headline development is the seismic decision concluding as a matter of law that FedEx Ground had misclassified over 2,300 drivers in California.

We've written before about the "tennis match" that describes how, with changes in presidential parties, the Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed different tests to determine whether workers are "employees"...

The improvement of corporate governance norms of banks has been on the agenda for many years...

On January 9, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its final rule (the Final Rule) for determining whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor for purposes...

I posted recently about a lawsuit involving Uber and independent contractors. Well, it's happened again

Following its May 2025 decision to stop applying the 2024 independent contractor rule, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed rescission of the rule.

Employers who have been following the Department of Labor's (DOL) guidance on independent contractors may feel that they are sitting on a playground seesaw.

Developments continue to come almost daily about misclassification of employees as independent contractors.

In its new decision regarding The Atlantic Opera, Inc., the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has overturned its 2019 SuperShuttle decision, which set a standard for determining independent contractor...

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D.Ohio) reintroduced the "Fair Playing Field Act," S.1706, in November 2013.

Independent audit is the use of independent audit techniques envisaged by international audit standards, and the companies subject to independent audit are reported by auditing and evaluating...

Holland & Knight's Independent Sponsors Team has seen an increasing number of independent sponsors taking part in transactions of seemingly all shapes and sizes.

An Independent Administrator is a professional neutral third party appointed by the Court or the Probate Registry to administer the estate of an individual who has passed away.