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.
Feds hit Oracle over hiring practices
The US Department of Labor is accusing Oracle of discriminatory hiring practices and underpaying thousands of women and minority employees, Wired reports.
Supreme Court: Trucking company cannot force arbitration in IC case
All transportation workers are exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act, which otherwise deems arbitration binding, the court ruled.
Staffing client owes $600,000 after DOL wage investigation
A Pennsylvania company must pay in $598,366 in back wages, damages and penalties after its staffing firms underpaid its temporary workers.
Court: Travel time not compensable
The time temp workers spent being bused from a hotel and across a picket line to an assignment is not compensable under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last month.
UK introduces sweeping labor reforms, gig workers to benefit
The UK’s proposed reforms to labor law, based on the recommendations of the 2017 Taylor Report, include eliminating a loophole around equal pay for temps and increasing fines on malicious employers.
Farm labor contractor owes $56K for visa program violations
A Florida-based farm labor contractor has paid $55,796 in back wages and fines for H-2A visa program violations.
Starting with the job offer: Improving pay equity one hire at a time
The gender pay gap may begin at the job offer itself, only to be amplified over time. CW program managers can help close the gap, write SIA’s Frank Enriquez and Populus Group’s Derek Kimmerle in The Staffing Stream.
Google contractors push for better pay, PTO, perks
Google’s so-called “shadow workforce” of contractors sent a scathing letter to CEO Sundar Pichai demanding equal treatment, Vox reports.
DOL: Two misclassifications bring $3.45 million in back wages
The US Department of Labor announced last week $3.45 million in back wages, damages and penalties from two separate cases in which companies were found to have misclassified workers as independent contractors.
