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Sleepy’s and Uber: Driving the Worker Classification Debate?

December 23, 2015 by theemplawyerologist 2 Comments

Sleepy’s and Uber: Driving the Worker Classification Debate?

You may not need me to tell you that 2015 has been an extraordinary year for changes in employment law. While many of the issues in and of themselves are not new, we have seen some cases that provide a new twist. This week’s hot-but-maybe-not-so-new issue is worker classification, i.e. employee v. independent contractor.  Yes, […]

How Will the DOL Decide if Your Independent Contractor is Really an Employee?

August 6, 2015 by theemplawyerologist Leave a Comment

So the United States Department of Labor thinks most workers should be classified as employees and not independent contractors. That’s not really anything new. The DOL last month issued yet another guidance on this very issue. We got our first overview of the DOL’s guidance last week, which you can find here.  The crux of […]

Are Your Employees Properly Classified Under the FLSA?

November 27, 2013 by theemplawyerologist 4 Comments

Happy (almost) Thanksgiving! We have now left the topic of worker misclassification — well sort of, but not really. We were looking at what happens when a company hires workers and misclassifies them as independent contractors when, really, the law defines them as employees.  Assuming you have now properly classified your workers as employees, even […]

What Do Businesses Need to Know About Worker Misclassification and the IRS “Safe Harbor” Provisions?

November 21, 2013 by theemplawyerologist 2 Comments

We have been treading the murky waters of wrongly classifying a worker as an independent contractor, when s/he really is an employee. Last week at The Emplawyerologist, we covered the IRS‘s Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (VCSP). Click  here for a review.) We now know that the VCSP has a significant downside that businesses need to evaluate. The […]

What’s the Real “Scoop” on the IRS’s Voluntary Classification Settlement Program?

November 14, 2013 by theemplawyerologist 1 Comment

Over the last two weeks, we have been discussing misclassifying workers as  independent contractor when they are really employees. We have touched on the consequences of such actions and the factors that IRS auditors use to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor. Many employers using independent contractors are rightly concerned […]

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