California ‘Gig’ Worker Law Affects Employers Inside and Outside the State December 30, 2019 By Joyce M. Rosenberg A California law that makes it harder for companies to treat workers as independent contractors takes effect next week, forcing...
Supreme Court Lets Stand American Family Ruling Agents Are Independent Contractors December 12, 2019 The U.S. Supreme Court this week declined to hear an appeal brought by insurance agents of American Family Insurance Co....
Uber, Lyft Pledge $60M to Fight Possible California Labor Ballot August 30, 2019 By Josh Eidelson Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. are putting $60 million behind a potential ballot measure to ensure they don’t have...
Small Businesses Under Scrutiny Over Classifying Independent Contractors January 28, 2019 By Joyce M. Rosenberg Small business owners who want to use independent contractors need to be sure these workers really aren’t employees. Federal and...
U.K. Food Delivery Service Riders Lose Employment Rights Bid December 5, 2018 By Kaye Wiggins A trade union lost a U.K. court bid for the right to lobby Deliveroo over pay and conditions on behalf...
U.S. Appeals Court Takes Up American Family Agent/Employee Classification Case August 1, 2018 By Stephanie K. Jones A federal appeals court in Ohio on July 31 heard arguments by opposing attorneys in a class action involving whether...
Top Insurance Journal Midwest Stories of 2017 December 29, 2017 By Stephanie K. Jones A bad broker, classic cars that got destroyed in a fire and insurer rating downgrades were among the most widely...
Ohio Jury Says American Family Agents Are Employees; Insurer Disagrees April 28, 2017 By Stephanie K. Jones A federal jury in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 18 determined that thousands of agents with Madison, Wisconsin-based American Family Mutual...
How Gig Economy Is Using Private Arbitration to Win on Labor Classification June 6, 2016 By Joel Rosenblat Sharing economy workers’ best shot at suing to rewrite the rules of their employment may soon pass them by. As...
College Athlete, Temp Worker Labor Board Cases Could Redefine Employee August 12, 2015 By Jim Snyder U.S. regulators are poised to decide two closely watched cases that have the potential to reshape labor laws by allowing...