ArticleThe Gig Economy – The Future For Employers?We look at the growing gig economy workforce and how Irish employers can engage independent workers in 2017.IrelandEmployment and HRMason Hayes & Curran LLP
ArticleCalifornia Supreme Court Resolves Who Is Responsible if an Employee of an Independent Contractor Is Injured on the JobIn Seabright Insurance Company v. US Airways, No. S182508 (Aug. 22, 2011), the California Supreme Court held that, when an employee of an independent contractor is injured due to the failure of the independent contractor to comply with workplace safety requirements, liability for the injury is with the employee's employer, not the entity engaging the services of the contractor.United StatesEmployment and HR
ArticleFlagged Down: Second Circuit Finds Nyc "Black Car" Drivers Are Independent ContractorsThe Second Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of a class action of New York City "black car" drivers who alleged they were misclassified as independent contractors by their dispatchers.United StatesEmployment and HROrrick
ArticleNon-Banking Financial Company: RBI Tightens The M&A Regulatory FrameworkPrimary dealers have been excluded from the scope of the NBFC Directions 2015, however, non-deposit accepting NBFCs have been included therein.IndiaFinance and BankingHitesh Sanghvi Law Offices (Independent practice)
ArticleIndependent Review Of Disclosure And Fraud OffencesIn May 2023, the government published the Fraud Strategy, which committed the government to launch an independent review into the operation of the disclosure regime in a digital age...United KingdomCriminal LawBCL Solicitors LLP
ArticleIndependent Contractors Or Employees34th Annual Parsons Behle & Latimer Employment Law Seminar June 16, 2022...United StatesEmployment and HRParsons Behle & Latimer
ArticleSenior Housing Communities In Seattle And Olympia Must Register Their Independent Living UnitsOrdinances recently passed laws in Seattle and Olympia (and in some smaller jurisdictions) require rental property owners to register their rental units with certain local authorities.United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionBallard Spahr LLP
ArticleSexual Harassment: New Protections For Independent Contractors In New YorkExecutive Summary. In New York State, the State Human Rights Law ("HRL") was recently amended to prohibit sexual harassment against independent contractors.United StatesEmployment and HRFord Harrison LLP
ArticleAn Employer's Erroneous Announcement To Employees Declaring Them Independent Contractors Does Not, Standing Alone, Violate The NLRADoes an employer who genuinely believes that its workers are independent contractors and tells them that they are contractors and not employeesUnited StatesEmployment and HRSheppard
ArticleDepartment Of Labor Delays Effective Date Of Regulations On Independent Contractors And TipsOn February 5, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published notices in the Federal Register of its proposed delay of the effective dates of the Trump administration's...United StatesEmployment and HROgletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
ArticleDOL Suspends Enforcement Of Its March 2024 Independent Contractor RuleRecently, the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") Wage and Hour Division issued a significant policy shift, announcing it will no longer enforce or apply the 2024...United StatesEmployment and HRHonigman LLP
ArticleIndependent Contractor Litigation Highlights The Need To Properly Classify WorkersThe US DOL has identified employers' misclassification of employees as independent contractors as one of the "most serious problems facing affected workers, employers and the entire economy."United StatesEmployment and HRReinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren SC
ArticleReminder For NYC Employers: Independent Contractor Law Takes Effect May 15On May 15, a new law takes effect in New York City that will require written agreements between many, if not most, independent contractors and the entities that engage them. United StatesEmployment and HRReed Smith
ArticleThe Regulatory Pendulum Of Independent Contractors: Does The New DOL Test Grant More Independents?As the Department of Labor’s (DOL) composition ebbs and flows from administration to administration, so does the guidance employers receive on one of the most...United StatesEmployment and HRBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
ArticleUtah's Employer/Independent Contractor Distinction Remains Cloudy, Even To JudgesIn a February 3, 2022 opinion by the Utah Court of Appeals, the struggle that courts have in distinguishing between employees and independent contractors continues.United StatesEmployment and HRSnell & Wilmer
ArticleAppointment Of Independent Auditors For Corporations Which Are Not Subject To Independent Audit The General Directorate of Domestic Trade ("General Directorate") has recently issued a circular with respect to the Law on Amendments to the Customs Law and Other Laws and Statutory Decrees ("Law") dated April 11, 2013 and numbered 6455. TurkeyAccounting and AuditErsoy Bilgehan
ArticleOrchestra Left Without A Chair When The Music Stops: Another Independent Contractor MisclassificationHow independent are musicians who play and perform with others? Do they have more artistic control on their own, or do they only become truly great artists in collaboration with others?United StatesEmployment and HRFoley & Lardner LLP
ArticleNew Proposed Rule On Independent Contractors To Impact Trucking, Gig Economy And Other CompaniesThe U.S. Department of Labor has just published a new proposed rule addressing whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.United StatesTransportHolland & Knight
ArticleDOJ's New Policy On Independent Monitors - Time To Beef Up Compliance?Orrick partner Amy Walsh and compliance specialist Sarah Foley co-authored an article for Corporate Counsel that examines the Department of Justice's new guidance regarding the appointment of corporate monitors.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawOrrick
ArticleEmployee Or Independent Contractor: The DOL Weighs In On Worker MisclassificationWith the prevalence of companies providing ''on demand'' services today, the temptation to classify workers as independent contractors rather than employees has perhaps never been greater...United StatesEmployment and HRBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP