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Dec 29 (Reuters) - State courts are grappling with a host of pressing legal issues for employers and workers, with key rulings expected in 2022 on biometric privacy, franchising and wage-and-hour law that could reshape those areas of labor litigation.
Here is a look at some of the cases that are likely to have the biggest impact on the employment law landscape.
MASSACHUSETTS: FRANCHISING
A ruling is expected soon from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in a case involving 7-Eleven Inc could spur a spate of lawsuits claiming companies' franchisees are actually their employees. The court heard oral arguments on Dec. 8 over whether the state's test for determining whether workers are employees or independent contractors applies to franchisees.
If business groups that have weighed in on the case are right, the future of the franchise model in Massachusetts could be at stake. A group of 7-Eleven franchise operators claim the company exerted so much control over their stores that they were effectively managers rather than owners and must be paid the minimum wage and overtime and reimbursed for...
The Minnesota Supreme Court suspended St. Cloud attorney Gregory Walz, effective Oct. 26, for making false statements in court proceedings, falsifying information in tax documents and representing...