There are few areas in employment law that remain in a greater state of flux than the question of who a business can properly classify as an independent contractor. The differences between federal and ...

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Massachusetts has long been among the states offering the most worker-friendly wage and hour laws in the country. The flip-side of that coin is a fair amount of expense, administrative burden, and ...

The Ninth Circuit win for Uber and other gig-economy businesses comes days after a California appeals court found that a voter-approved exemption for these businesses from the state's ...

8th Circuit rejects challenge to Minnesota’s 2024 contractor law Construction trade groups claimed the 14-part test was vague Court found plaintiffs unlikely to succeed on constitutional claims ...

The defendants, backed by numerous amicus briefs from business groups, had argued that they could not have anticipated the worker friendly "ABC" classification set out by the court in Dynamex. Instead ...

A sign for GrubHub is displayed on the door to a New York restaurant. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) In this April 4, 2014 file photo, a sign for GrubHub is displayed on the door to a New York ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Aleksandra Bal covers indirect tax and technology developments. Product classification may sound like an obscure, back-office task ...