indpendent contractors News

New U.S. State Laws Could Back Uber’s Stance of Drivers as Contractors

State legislators in Ohio and Florida are moving ahead with regulations governing Uber and other ride services that would designate all drivers as independent contractors, bolstering a critical but much-disputed aspect of Uber’s business model. The states would join North …

Federal and New York State Agencies Working to Reduce Employee Misclassification

Officials of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, the New York State Labor Department and the New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman’s Office today signed memoranda of understanding to protect the rights of employees by …