Contract or control: Ninth Circuit vacates lower court IC ruling
A district court erred when it focused on the contract and not the control exerted over independent contractors, said the Ninth Circuit court in remanding the case.
Facility pays $100K in back pay to misclassified workers
A retirement home operator has paid $103,389 in back wages to 20 employees after the US Department of Labor determined they were misclassified as independent contractors.
UK: IR35 off-payroll rules’ private-sector expansion
The UK government opens consultation on private-sector IR35 independent contractor tax rules.
Court hands oil industry IC classification win
The Fifth Circuit ruled drilling engineers in the oil & gas industry are independent contractors in reversal of lower court ruling.
Bakery could face ‘incremental liability’ in misclassification suits
Flowers Foods, which produces Wonder Bread and Tastykake, faces more than two dozen IC misclassification cases, and has agreed to settled some for $9 million.
Seattle targets IC misclassification
The Seattle City Council passed a resolution targeting the misclassification of workers as independent contractors when they should be designated as employees.
Bypassing the (UK) courts: Unions and the gig economy
A groundbreaking deal between a courier delivery firm and a union on behalf of independent workers may breathe new life into independent worker unionization efforts.
DOL recovers $5.6 million in back pay for hurricane recovery contractors
Independent contractor misclassification and other violations led to the recovery of $5.6 million in back wages and benefits owed to 993 workers performing hurricane recovery efforts in Puerto Rico.
Insurance agents are ICs, rules Sixth Circuit
Some 7,200 agents are independent contractors, the court said; otherwise, American Family Insurance Co. could have faced $1 billion in liabilities, according to a report.
NLRB reverses another Obama-era standard
On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board overturned a board ruling from 2014 on who qualifies as independent contractors in a case involving a union effort to organize drivers at a SuperShuttle affiliate.
