by Editorial Staff | Jan 8, 2021 | DOT, Independent contractors, Misclassification
On January 6th, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a new final rule. Namely, the rule clarifies the standard for employee versus independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Background of the FLSA Signed into United States...
by Girish Anand | Jun 16, 2016 | DOL, Minimum Wage Law, Misclassification, WHD
The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Virginia Employment Commission have signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) intended to protect employees’ rights by preventing their misclassification as independent contractors...
by Girish Anand | Apr 22, 2016 | Misclassification
Ride-hailing giant Uber, currently valued at more than $60 billion, will pay drivers in California and Massachusetts at least $84 million to settle class action lawsuits seeking to overturn the drivers’ status as independent contractors. For the time being at...
by Girish Anand | Dec 13, 2015 | Minimum Wage Law, Misclassification
U.S. District Judge Edward Chen has expanded the lawsuit against Uber to include even those drivers in California who failed to opt out of the company’s arbitration agreement. Previously, the class action suit against the ride-sharing service was limited only to...
by admin | Sep 4, 2015 | DOL, Misclassification
Officials from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the Vermont Department of Labor have signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) intended to protect employees’ rights by preventing their misclassification as independent contractors or other...
by admin | Sep 2, 2015 | Misclassification
Uber Technologies, a car-hailing company valued at $51 billion by Wall Street, is now the subject of a class action lawsuit in California over designating its drivers as independent contractors. Three Uber drivers originally brought the lawsuit seeking full pay and...
