Mike LaSusa
-
State and federal courts are grappling with the application of California’s controversial gig-worker classification standard known as Proposition 22, potentially foreshadowing similar fights at the national level as policymakers debate how to determine when workers are employees and when they’re independent contractors… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
-
The U.S. Department of Labor promised a rollback of Trump-era rules on joint employer status and independent contractor classification, and it announced a blitz of back pay wins in Florida. Here, Law360 takes a look at recent wage and hour developments involving the DOL… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
-
Many U.S. workers are considering permanent relocations in light of adaptations to the pandemic, and some employers seem more willing to allow it if the jobs can be done remotely. But companies should be mindful of legal pitfalls when considering compensation changes for workers who move, employment attorneys told Law360… Read this piece in its…
-
Policymakers, businesses and worker advocates will have to hash out how to handle wage and hour issues stemming from an increasingly mobile workforce and an economy susceptible to worker displacement through technological and environmental change, says Littler Mendelson PC partner Michael Lotito… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
-
President Joe Biden has tapped Seth Harris, a former Dentons attorney who helped shape California’s controversial independent contractor standard, as a top adviser on labor issues, the White House announced Friday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 