D.C. Court of Appeals Construes Employee Status Rules for “Intermittent” Worker

Issue Commentary: Employment Status is Easy as Falling Off a Horse?

Injured California Felon Was Not Employee of Charitable Organization Providing Residential Rehab Program

Issue Commentary: Uber and Postmates Win Skirmish in California War Over Independent Contractor Status

California Appellate Court Reinstates Most of Proposition 22

KY High Court Adopts New “Economic Realities” Test for Determining Employee Status

Nebraska Court Agrees Truck Driver Was Independent Contractor

In a decision that stands in stark contrast to court holdings in some other states—particularly California—a Nebraska appellate court affirmed a decision by the state’s compensation court that had found...

Self-Employed SC Roofer May Have Been Roofing Co.’s Employee

The Court of Appeals of South Carolina reversed, in part, a decision by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Appellate Panel that had found an injured roofer was an independent contractor—and not...

Opinion Mondays: California Voters Tell Elected Officials to Leave Their Ride-Sharing Alone

While many politicians and pundits are still trying to digest what did, or didn’t happened in the national election races, at least one state-level electoral preference was made abundantly clear....

Oregon Claimant’s Injury During Unpaid Orientation Session is Compensable

Where a claimant had applied for a position with the purported employer, had been advised by that employer to attend an unpaid “orientation” and a paid training day, had arrived...

Amazon’s New “Last-Mile” Delivery Service: Who “Employs” that Driver-Deliverer at Your Door?

Commentary: Is the Workers’ Compensation World Ready for Amazon’s New Package Delivery Business Model? The Answer Might Surprise You! As I drove to a meeting in downtown Durham a few...

Maryland Cab Driver’s “Misclassification” Action Appropriately Dismissed

Misclassification of Workers is not Recognized as independent Tort A Maryland cab driver, who sustained injuries in a work-related auto accident, may not maintain a civil action against the cab...