For anyone following the employee versus independent contractor battles, Uber just scored in Florida. The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) says Uber drivers are independent contractors and are not entitled to unemployment benefits when Uber revokes their app. In fact, per the opinion, “Uber is no more an employer to drivers than is
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The U.S. Department of Labor Strikes Again – Worker Misclassification is (Still) a Hot Topic
Continuing the trend of exposing companies who have misclassified workers, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has persuaded its latest target, Halliburton Co., to pay $18.3 million to compensate employees for unpaid overtime. During a self-audit, Halliburton discovered, and the U.S. DOL investigated and found, that several jobs in Halliburton’s oilfield operations were misclassified
FedEx Workers Ruled Employees, Not Independent Contractors – and the IRS Weighs In
Developments continue to come almost daily about misclassification of employees as independent contractors. Wage and hour cases, tax rulings, and discrimination charges all are part of the mix.
We have blogged about worker misclassification extensively, covering the DOL guidance from July of 2015, the treatment of Uber and Lyft drivers, and, um, “entertainers”
Employees vs. Independent Contractors: The DOL Weighs in on Worker Misclassification
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued an Administrator’s Interpretation that provides some important new guidance on the standard for classifying workers—as employees or independent contractors—under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). And make no mistake: This guidance clearly intends to make it more difficult than ever for employers to classify their workers