On Thursday, October 22, 2020, the California Court of Appeal denied Uber and Lyft’s request to overturn a recent California Superior Court’s preliminary injunction ordering the companies to reclassify their
Continue Reading Driven To The Edge: Saga Of Uber And Lyft Litigation Continues As Court Of Appeal Affirms Order Forcing Driver Reclassification
By now, most California employers have heard of AB 5, which, along with the California Supreme Court decision, Dynamex Operations W. Inc. v. Superior Court, 4 Cal. 5th 903
Continue Reading Move Over AB 5, There’s a New Kid on the Block
With remote work for adults and online distance learning for students here to stay, it is natural for parents with already demanding workloads to seek the help of others to
Continue Reading Was Mary Poppins an Employee Under California’s ABC Test?
Timothy Long and Lindsay Hutner of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP will participate in the Independent Contractor, Joint Employment Misclassification Litigation Teleconference program on June 30.
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Continue Reading Timothy Long and Lindsay Hutner to Participate at Bridgeport’s Independent Contractor, Joint Employment Misclassification Litigation 2020 Teleconference
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) final rule raising the annual minimum salary requirements for the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime exemptions for executive, administrative, and professional employees is
Continue Reading Reminder: Jan. 1, 2020, Effective Date Quickly Approaching for New Overtime Rules
After the California Second District Court of Appeal’s Oct. 8, 2019, decision in Gonzales v. San Gabriel Transit, Inc., brought as a garden variety wage and hour class action
Continue Reading We May Not Have Until January to Sort Out AB5: Update on Dynamex Retroactivity
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on Sept. 24, 2019, announced a final rule raising the annual minimum salary requirements for the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime exemptions for
Continue Reading Department of Labor Announces Final Changes to Overtime Rules
On June 7, 2017, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) reversed its previous guidance issued during the administration of President Barack Obama that broadened the circumstances in which employers
Continue Reading DOL Announces Reversal of Employee/Independent Contractor Classification & Joint Employer Guidance
As we previously discussed here, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) recently changed the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA’s or the Act’s) Salary Level and Salary Basis tests
Continue Reading The New Overtime Regulations and Their Impact on the Salary Basis Test
We often expect differences among legal approaches to employment relationships around the globe. Do we ever think about the similarities?
In the vast majority of countries through which my legal
Continue Reading Crossing Borders: Employment Considerations – Is Employment a Universal Concept?