Since the inception of this blog in 2010, we have reported on independent contractor misclassification class actions filed against hundreds of companies in scores of industries. Yet some industries seem to have been targeted in particular. As we stated in a guest blog published in Fortune in June 2015 and entitled “Is Your Company on the Independent Contractor Hit List,” we provided a short hit list of industries that were under attack in these types of cases, including janitorial; staffing; transportation, courier, and trucking; cable installation; oil and gas; landscaping; and ride sharing. Only a few industries have been immune from these types of legal challenges in lawsuits or workforce and tax agency audits and proceedings, as can be seen in our monthly review of legal developments in this area of the law over the past decade. For that reason, businesses in a vast array of industries have utilized a process such as IC Diagnostics (TM) to enhance their compliance with federal, state, and local independent contractor laws.
In the Courts (4 cases)
PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT ENTERED AGAINST NATIONWIDE COMMERCIAL JANITORIAL COMPANY IN LAWSUIT BY FRANCHISEES. A California federal district court has partially granted a motion seeking certification of a class of over 100 commercial cleaning franchisees and then partially granted their motion for summary judgment on certain wage and hour claims against an international janitorial cleaning business. The franchisees claim the...
SHANGHAI, April 9 (Reuters) – China has removed all medical advertisements on national TV channels containing false claims as of the end of March, the country’s National Radio and Television Admini...