Wage and hour

Google sets minimum wage, benefits requirements for contract workers

|April 3rd, 2019|

Google joins the ranks of firms mandating a minimum wage and other benefits to temporary employees and contractors assigned to it by staffing firms, The Hill reports. Suppliers that don't comply will no longer be able to supply talent to Google.
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DOL publishes new overtime rule

|March 27th, 2019|

The Office of the Federal Register last week officially published the proposal that would make more employees eligible for overtime. The public comments period end May 21.
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Overtime at last: Complying with DOL’s proposed pay rule

|March 13th, 2019|

The DOL announced a much-anticipated proposal to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime threshold. What it means to employers.
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Facility pays $100K in back pay to misclassified workers

|March 13th, 2019|

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.
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Court hands oil industry IC classification win

|March 6th, 2019|

The Fifth Circuit ruled drilling engineers in the oil & gas industry are independent contractors in reversal of lower court ruling.
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Bakery could face ‘incremental liability’ in misclassification suits

|February 27th, 2019|

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.
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Bypassing the (UK) courts: Unions and the gig economy

|February 13th, 2019|

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.
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Farms are joint employers with staffing firm in EEOC discrimination case

|February 13th, 2019|

Two farms in Washington state were found to be joint employers with a staffing provider in a discrimination lawsuit brought by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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DOL recovers $5.6 million in back pay for hurricane recovery contractors

|February 13th, 2019|

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.
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Instacart backpedals on drivers’ pay policy; Door Dash, Amazon Flex stay course

|February 13th, 2019|

Instacart will stop using customers’ tips to offset its minimum pay obligation, but Door Dash and Amazon Flex are sticking with similar policies, Forbes reports.
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