The trucking industry has strong opinions about regulators’ independent contractor classification rules. But how important are these rules? The classification concerns a regulation that has little ...

POSTMATES COURIERS ARE NOT INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION WORKERS AND THEREFORE MAY BE COMPELLED TO ARBITRATE THEIR IC MISCLASSIFICATION CLAIMS. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has ...

CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY SUED BY ILLINOIS DRIVE TESTERS IN CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FOR IC MISCLASSIFICATION. “Drive testers” that test cellular telephone tower signals for a cellular telephone company ...

On January 10, the U.S. Department of Labor (U.S. DOL) published its new final rule regarding the classification of independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The U.S. DOL ...

When you’re a small business, you may not have the resources (nor the need) for a full-time staff. You might choose to have one or two employees who work part-time, one or two who work full-time, or, ...

Amazon 'Flex' Delivery Drivers Wrongly Classified as Independent Contractors, Virginia Court Holds "I am pleased with the decision from the Court of Appeals and I am proud of my office's efforts to ...