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Uber Abandons State, Pays $78K to Avoid Classifying Drivers as Employees
09/08/2015
were misclassified under state law. Alaska uses a relative-nature-of-the-work test to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor.
Uber has the control in our view of the means and manner of operation of its drivers Gerharz told WorkCompCentral in an interview
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Judge Grants Class Certification to Drivers Suing Uber
09/03/2015
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A U.S. District Court judge has granted class certification to a group of Uber drivers who claim the company misclassified them as independent contractors.
Judge Edward Chen sitting in San Francisco in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
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Contractor to Pay $730,000 for Misclassifying Workers
09/02/2015
first significant action by the Workplace Fraud Unit within the Department of Labor and Training which was created last year.
According to the press release the labor department found that Cardoso Construction had misclassified workers as independent contractors during a drywall job at the
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8th Circuit Reverses FedEx Summary Judgment
08/27/2015
against the delivery giant in a federal trial court in Missouri alleging they had been wrongfully misclassified as independent contractors when they were really employees.
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated this case with several other pending cases against FedEx for trial in
Category: News
House Passes Misclassification Bill
08/13/2015
the Department of Revenue. The division would have authority to levy civil penalties of up to 1000 per misclassified employee against any employer who had previously been found to have misclassified workers. The division would also have authority to revoke or suspend the contracting license of any
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DOL Signs 3-Year Agreement with Feds
08/12/2015
Idaho's Department of Labor entered into a three-year agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor aimed at protecting workers from being illegally misclassified as independent contractors.
Workers who are misclassified as independent contractors are not eligible for workers' compensation
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Mistrial Declared in Business Owner Fraud Case
07/20/2015
county had filed a lawsuit against Contreras within the statute of limitations which is four years. The county alleged that between 2008 and 2013 Contreras had intentionally misclassified worked to conceal how many employees he had and that he had any tree trimmers at all resulting in significantly
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Labor Dept: Most Workers Are Employees
07/17/2015
wages to more than 109000 workers who had been misclassified.
Legislators have been stepping into the fray too. Just this week Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a bill that requires athletic teams to treat their cheerleaders as employees.
Workers have also been fighting against misclassification
Category: News
7th Circuit: FedEx Drivers Entitled to Summary Judgment
07/10/2015
FedEx drivers filed a complaint in Kansas state court in 2003 accusing the company of having misclassified them as independent contractors.
FedEx then removed the matter to federal court on the basis of diversity and then the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated it with several
Category: News
Superior Court Upholds Labor Commissioner's Misclassification Finding
07/08/2015
A Los Angeles judge upheld an administrative finding that a Southern California trucking company owes more than 150000 in back wages and expenses to a driver who was misclassified as a contractor the Department of Industrial Relations announced.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ross Klein
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