Classification issues are annoying ones, to state the obvious. Especially decisions and issues as to who is and who is not an independent contractor. And, it does not matter whether
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Survey Shows Corporate Counsel Especially Fear Class Actions: With Good Reason!
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A recent survey shows that class actions are the biggest worry for US corporate counsel. This is based on a polling of approximately 800 corporate counsel where the results were…
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Lessons To Be Learned From Another Successful Defense Of An Assistant Manager Class Action
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I have written several times about Assistant Manager class actions being quite difficult to defend because these employees often perform a great deal of “subordinate” type work, making the issue…
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New IRS Voluntary Settlement Program: Good or Bad For Employers? We’ll See
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There are a number of new agency initiatives hitting the ground on the issue of independent contractor status. I have blogged on these and now find that the IRS has…
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Here Comes An Avalanche of FLSA Cases: Employers Be Aware, Be Proactive!
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Statistics were just published showing a rise in litigation under the Fair Labor Standards Act. This highlights the fact (something we have seen for some years, now) that there is…
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The Demise Of The DOL Opinion Letter
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Recently, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a white paper or a formal position statement on exemption issues in the financial services industry. I wrote about that in…
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Oh No! Reclassification From Exempt To Non-Exempt Prompts Class Action
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A federal judge has granted conditional class certification to a class of workers at a subsidiary of AT&T, who are alleging a failure to pay overtime. The case is entitled…
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It Can Happen To You: Department of Labor Sued For Wage Hour Violations
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What a strange turn of events, a Department of Labor being cited for not paying the prevailing wage. Yet this is exactly what has happened in Delaware. A Delaware state…
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