Recorded by Scott Mallery and Eric Lloyd
Often, what happens in California is a good bellwether for what could happen in the policy space on a federal level. And we believe worker classification is no different.
In this episode of Seyfarth’s Policy Matters Podcast, Counsel Scott Mallery and Partner Eric Lloyd provide an overview of
By: Eric M. Lloyd & Pamela L. Vartabedian
Seyfarth Synopsis: In a unanimous decision, the California Supreme Court held that the worker friendly “ABC” test set forth by the Court in its 2018 landmark ruling, Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court, applies retroactively. The ABC test thus applies to all pending cases governed by
By: Camille A. Olson, Richard B. Lapp, Louisa J. Johnson, and Andrew M. McKinley
With the growth of the gig economy, the increased desire of some workers to control their own work hours to ensure a work-life balance, and the evolution of the modern workplace to one in which workers rarely retain
By: Noah A. Finkel, Camille A. Olson, Louisa J. Johnson, and John R. Skelton
For decades, companies have wrestled with whether certain workers must be treated as employees subject to various employment laws and company rules or whether they are appropriately classified as independent contractors with different terms of engagement, work, and
‘Twas the week before Christmas, in a year for the ages.
So here’s our latest recap of hours and wages.
The letters and laws. The regulations and cases.
A year’s worth of matters that impacted workplaces.
We begin up at One First, where SCOTUS
Co-authored by Christopher Truxler and Coby Turner
Seyfarth Synopsis: Earlier this month, a California federal court dismissed the misclassification claims of 7-Eleven franchisees on the pleadings, finding they did not and could not plead facts sufficient to show that they were employees of their franchisor.
All is well with one of America’s most beloved convenience
Authored by Alex Passantino
On June 7, Department of Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta announced the withdrawal of the DOL’s 2015 and 2016 Administrator Interpretations (“AIs”) on joint employment and independent contractors. These documents were statements of the Wage & Hour Division’s interpretations of the FLSA’s (and Migrant
Authored by Hillary J. Massey
Seyfarth Synopsis: It remains to be seen whether the Trump administration will redirect its enforcement priorities away from independent contractor misclassification issues or curtail the applicable standards in the coming years. Because states and plaintiffs’ attorneys likely will continue to aggressively pursue independent contractor matters, employers should consider auditing their
Authored by Gerald Maatman, Jr.
Seyfarth Synopsis: Workplace class action filings were flat overall and even decreased as compared to levels in 2015. However, that is apt to change in 2017. In the 4th in a series of blog postings on workplace class action trends, we examine what employers are likely to see in 2017.