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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NJ Governor Issues Executive Order On Independent Contractors—The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
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I have done a lot of independent contractor work in New Jersey, defended many such cases, from (numerous) unemployment audits to FLSA class actions. The New Jersey test, the A-B-C…
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Independent Contractor Status and the ABC Test
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I have handled almost 100 unemployment insurance audits by the New Jersey DOL, where the underlying gravamen is that certain individuals are or are not independent contractors. The Auditors enforce…
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USDOL To Issue Official Independent Contractor Guidance in Administrator Interpretation
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I have recently blogged about new exemption regulations being proposed. Well, that is not the only regulatory initiative coming down the pike. The USDOL is about to release guidance on…
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New Jersey Missclassification Wage and Hour Suit
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An interesting case coming out of New Jersey…
We often blog about “misclassification” which is a laconic way of referring to the misclassification of employees as something other than employees,…
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