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Several months ago, the California Supreme Court established a new test for determining whether a worker should be classified as an employee or an independent contractor. Now that test will be …
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In a recent case, the California Supreme Court adopted a new standard for determining when a worker is an independent contractor, and when a worker is an employee. This is a major departure from how …
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Today one of my twitter followers, and someone I actually know from the startup community here in Cincinnati, posted an interesting tweet: “I always open up my @Uber/@lyft email receipts, wincing at …
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If you weren’t distracted by Donald Trump throwing his comb-around into the presidential ring this week, you might have noticed that the California Labor Commission ruled that an Uber driver was an …
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If you follow the worlds of startups and venture capital, you have probably heard of the sex discrimination lawsuit that Ellen Pao has filed against her former employer, the prestigious venture …
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If you are an employer in San Francisco, I hope you paid attention to the election a few weeks ago. San Francisco voters passed Proposition J, implementing a series of minimum wage increases into law. …
Employers in Ohio should be aware that starting January 1, 2015, the minimum wage for non-tipped employees will increase to $8.10 per hour, up from $7.95. For tipped employees, the minimum wage will …
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Employers commonly use non-competition agreements with key employees, to protect the employer against a former employee using the employer's specialized training, trade secrets, or other confidential …
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The recent ouster by American Apparel of its CEO and cofounder, Dov Charney, is turning into an excellent model of what to do (and not to do) with respect to sexual harassment and corporate …
A fast-growing area of employment law is the subject of employer access to the social media accounts of employees and applicants. Since the first legislation on the subject passed in 2012, 16 states …
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