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In a closely-watched case in Massachusetts, the District Court in that state recently issued a preliminary ruling that franchisees were considered employees of the franchisor, as opposed to independent contractors.

Following a request from the Independent Directors Council, the SEC staff has provided relief from certain sections of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

The Uber phenomenon has been catching fire over the last few years with many people jumping on it as a means to make a living or extra money.

Of course your employees matter. If they didn’t, you wouldn’t hire them, trust them to do important work or keep paying them week after week.

The long-running feud between California and the "gig economy" shows no sign of ending soon. On April 28, 2023, the State of California submitted a petition to the Ninth Circuit...

For at least three years now, the U.S. Labor Department and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (along with a host of analogous state and local agencies) have been on the alert for instances in which workers are erroneously considered to be independent contractors rather than employees.

Having previously prevailed in two prior challenges by agents who claim they were not independent contractors (ICs) but rather employees, an insurer wins for a third time in a lawsuit by a Washington State insurance agent.

On December 11, 2017, the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Aaron Fichtner (the "Commissioner") ...

On May 3, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Executive Order No. 25, which established a Task Force on Employee Misclassification to address misclassification of employees as independent contractors.

New York, N.Y. (January 17, 2024) - Employers around the country should take note of the recent release of the long anticipated new rule adopted by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)...

The environment for independent community hospitals is challenging.

The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts recently issued a case involving the Supreme Court’s decision in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes.

The Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 defines an employee as "any person, excluding an independent contractor who works for another person or for the State…..".

In each case, the Delaware Court of Chancery denied the directors' motion to dismiss, but also certified its opinions for interlocutory appeal to the Delaware Supreme Court.

Executive Summary: In New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira, the U.S. Supreme Court held today that the Federal Arbitration Act's (FAA) exclusion of certain "contracts of employment" from the Act's coverage

ASIC has provided strict rules regarding the advertising and promoting of financial and credit products and services.

The key difference between an independent contractor and an employee is the different nature of the relationship that arises between the parties to that relationship.