DOL casts wider net for misclassified independent contractors
Posted on July 17, 2015
Posted in Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
The DOL is continuing in its initiative to address misclassification and make sure there are more employees and less independent contractors in the future. The Wage and Hour Division of the DOL issued Administrator’s Interpretation 2015-1: The Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s “Suffer or Permit” Standard in the Identification of Employees Who Are […]
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Uber driver found to be employee and not independent contractor
Posted on June 26, 2015
Posted in Other
A big issue facing Uber and other similar on-demand car service companies is whether their drivers are independent contractors or employees. This classification issue is tricky for employers of all types and sizes — as the lines aren’t always clear and the implications significant. Earlier this week, the California Labor Commissioner ruled against Uber, finding […]
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Retaliation Claims–Beware the Trickle-Down Effect of the “Wishes of the King”
Posted on January 15, 2014
Posted in Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Retaliation
Generally speaking, when an employee clearly violates established policy, employers feel pretty comfortable terminating that employee, regardless of his past complaints of discrimination or about overtime, particularly where other employees have been fired for violating the same policy. Not so fast, warns the First Circuit in Travers v. Flight Services & Systems, Inc., 2013 U.S. […]
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