Employment
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The Biden administration’s rescinding of Trump-era guidance on when businesses can classify workers as independent contractors shows a dim future for the former president’s proposed worker classification rule, experts told Law360… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Supreme Court on Monday refused Amazon’s request to review a Ninth Circuit decision that found the company’s delivery drivers can pursue misclassification claims in court because they fit the definition of transportation workers who are exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Major cities on the West Coast are facing federal court challenges to ordinances mandating extra “hero pay” for grocery workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic, sparking the interest of wage and hour attorneys who say similar laws could proliferate across the country… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The U.S. Department of Labor scored an appellate victory in a case seeking overtime back wages for fire protection company employees, and launched new initiatives aimed at combating child labor abroad. Here, Law360 summarizes the week’s wage and hour developments involving the DOL… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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President Joe Biden has A set of emergency safety regulations aimed at protecting California workers from the novel coronavirus pandemic has expanded employers’ wage and hour obligations, leading employment attorneys to advise clients to prepare for possible enforcement actions by state regulators… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 