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Labor/Employment

Aug. 14, 2018

DOL provides the latest guidance on employee classification

The Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor issued its first significant guidance under the current administration related to independent contractor classification.

Elizabeth Arnold

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Berkeley Research Group LLC

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Chester Hanvey

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Berkeley Research Group LLC

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DOL provides the latest guidance on employee classification
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Determining whether workers meet the legal standard for "employee" or independent contractor has been a compliance priority for the past few years. In the past few months, however, there has been a significant amount of activity related evaluating compliance. For example, the California Supreme Court's April 30 decision in Dynamex Operations West v. Superior Court, 2018 DJDAR 3856, laying out a new "ABC test" for determining employee classi...

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