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Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Case: Wage & Hour/Independent Contractors (W.D. Tex.) - Bloomberg Law

The Texas Farm Bureau is denied summary judgment on an agency manager’s independent contractor status, where applying the economic realities test, he is an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act because the Farm Bureau had control of the higher-level operations and financials of the business; its investment in an insurance business was greater than his personal investment; and the manager worked exclusively for the Farm Bureau, which determined his opportunity for profit or loss.

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