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On May 6, 2021, the Department of Labor (DOL) withdrew its Independent Contractor rule. The withdrawal follows a March 2021 notice of proposed rulemaking issued by the DOL citing several reasons why the...

Governor Gavin Newsom has pledged to sign the legislation.

On August 29, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") issued its decision in Velox Express, Inc., holding that an employer's

For the past several legislative sessions, the Alabama Legislature has considered a bill to establish an independent tax tribunal outside the Alabama Department of Revenue.

In groundbreaking legislation last year, NYSHRL to prohibit sexual harassment against non-employees of all types, including models, stylists, and artists in the fashion industry who are classified as...

With the first quarter of 2015 behind us, many companies are already deeply engaged in social media campaigns.

This spring, the California Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court that has far-reaching consequences for nearly all industries in California.

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The proposal by the Labour party, before it came to power in 2024, to introduce Value Added Tax (VAT) on independent school fees sparked widespread debate in the UK.

Some employers that rely on staffing arrangements, franchise relationships, or independent contractors may see meaningful shifts in federal labor policy because of a pair of federal agency...

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in Somers v. Converged Access, No. SJC-10347 (Aug. 21, 2009) recently issued a ruling that increases the amount of damages a worker can receive if he or she has been misclassified as an independent contractor, as opposed to an employee, under Massachusetts law.

On October 9, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 459, which prohibits employers from willfully misclassifying workers as independent contractors.

The U.S. Department of Labor recently issued a final rule which reverts the independent contractor analysis back to a multifactor, totality-of-the-circumstances review that, as compared to the current rule in place...

How a worker is classified can have important ramifications for companies in any country. In almost all jurisdictions, a company has more (and more costly) obligations to an employee than to an independent contractor.

Recently, the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") broadened the standard for who is considered an independent contractor.

The distinction between employees and independent contractors holds significant legal implications, especially concerning disputes and resolutions at the CCMA.

Turkey's Public Oversight, Accounting and Auditing Standards Authority has declared that if an independent audit firm has its activity permit suspended, the permit will not be cancelled...