Most judicial decisions on the issue of independent contractor status go against the putative employer, with a finding that the people are statutory employees. A Massachusetts court has just reversed
Continue Reading A Court Rules Workers Are Independent Contractors! Will Wonders Never Cease?If recent history teaches anything, it is that no industry is immune from attacks on employers who allegedly misclassify workers as independent contractors. In an offbeat case, this has occurred
Continue Reading Medical Interpreters Deemed Employees Not Independent Contractors: The Detrimental Effect Of Non-Compete Agreements!
In an off-beat case that revolved around the IRS twenty-factor test for independent contractor, an appellate court in Missouri has affirmed the state Labor Commission ruling that caretakers working for
Continue Reading Bow-Wow: Court Finds Pet Sitters Are Employees, Not Independent Contractors
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
Continue Reading Say It Ain’t So!—NJ Moves to Tighten Up Already Strangling A-B-C Test for Independent Contractors
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
Continue Reading NJ Employer Wins Independent Contractor Case, Beats ABC Test
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
Continue Reading The New Jersey Unemployment Law’s ABC Test: Alphabet Soup Tough for Employers to Swallow (or Beat)
I have defended and litigated dozens of independent contractor cases and have found these matters to be intensely fact sensitive and tilted, in large part, towards a finding of employee
Continue Reading USDOL Proposes New Independent Contractor Regulations: Another Bright Line