Prong B of the New Jersey ABC test for independent contractor status under the unemployment law requires the putative contractor to work outside of all of the “places of business”
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New Jersey Tightens Up Already Stringent Independent Contractor Enforcement Hammers: Is There No End In Sight?
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I have often blogged about the very enforcement-oriented stance of the Murphy Administration and the New Jersey Department of Labor (“NJDOL”). Well, I have now even more evidence. On July…
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New Jersey DOL Poster Basically Invites Workers to Claim They Are Not Independent Contractors
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The State of New Jersey (and many other states) has started to tighten up laws regarding independent contractor status. One troubling component (to management-side practitioners and employers alike) of this…
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Uber Case Shows How Tough New Jersey Is on Independent Contractor Determinations
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I have blogged numerous times about the strictness of the New Jersey A-B-C test as applied to possible independent contractors. The prime example of this is the very recent assessment…
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Say It Ain’t So!—NJ Moves to Tighten Up Already Strangling A-B-C Test for Independent Contractors
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The New Jersey test for independent contractor status under the unemployment laws is already very tough, the very infamous, A-B-C standard. That is seemingly not enough for this Administration and…
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NJ Employer Wins Independent Contractor Case, Beats ABC Test
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The New Jersey independent contractor test is one of the toughest for a putative employer to prevail upon. So, when an employer does do that, it is a great day…
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New Jersey DOL Very Tough on Supposed Misclassification of Independent Contractors
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The New Jersey DOL is very aggressive on the issue of independent contractor status, i.e. the issue of misclassification. The latest, perhaps best (or worst) illustration of this view is…
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New Jersey Wage Deduction Class Action Revived by Appellate Division: More Independent Contractor Fallout
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When employers classify individuals as independent contractors, they are not obligated to provide them with certain benefits, as they would statutory employees. Sometimes, if those individuals are found to not…
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The New Jersey Unemployment Law’s ABC Test: Alphabet Soup Tough for Employers to Swallow (or Beat)
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The test for independent contractor is often a tough one to meet. Especially in New Jersey which has (as do many other States), the famous (or infamous) A-B-C test. The…
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The Unemployment “ABC” Test for Independent Contractor Status: A Mount Everest for Unwary Employers
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There is a tripartite test for independent contractor under the New Jersey Unemployment Compensation statute (and many other States), the so-called “ABC” test. Under this test, services performed by an…
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