DOL withdraws IC guidance
The US Department of Labor reverses guidance set under the Obama Administration that ‘most workers are employees,’ but reaffirms employers’ responsibilities under FLSA.
Court upholds California IC misclassification award
A federal court upheld a California Labor Commissioner award of nearly $1 million to five port and rail drivers found to have been misclassified as independent contractors.
New York’s ‘Freelance Isn’t Free’ law now in effect
New York City's new freelancer law put in place new rules, effective Monday, on how buyers must deal with independent contractors.
FedEx to pay $227 million in IC settlement
Indianapolis Business Journal reports FedEx Corp. will pay drivers from 19 states more than $227 million to settle long-running lawsuits brought against it by drivers claiming they were undercompensated because the company classified them as independent contractors.
Unions jumping on IC bandwagon
A union in the UK brought misclassification claims against delivery company DX, which uses independent contractors to handle deliveries.
Misclassification: Court throws firms a bone
New York City black-car drivers are independent contractors, not employees, the Second District Court of Appeals rules.
New Brexit scapegoat?
Amazon supplier in UK faces misclassification suit from union, gig economy gets Brexit blame.
Judge blocks Seattle’s Uber and Lyft unionization law
A federal judge in Seattle has temporarily blocked the city’s first-in-the-nation law that attempts to allow Uber, Lyft and taxi drivers to unionize, The Seattle Times reported.
Legal roundup: Settlement, restitution and safety liability
Instacart to pay $4.6 million to settle IC misclassification suit; staffing buyer pays restitution for wage and hour violations; another buyer is cited for carbon monoxide exposure incident.
The ground is moving
In the world of work, two debates rage on: Who is a co-employer, and who is an independent contractor? The answers may be everyone and no one, respectively, writes Elizabeth Larson, an attorney with Michael Best and Friedrich LLC.
Temps' healthcare coverage, what they like to be called, communication preferences
Experts share how they went about tracking their non-employees, and their future strategies for Total Talent Management