Properly classifying employees is important in order to avoid litigation, said Sona Ramirez, a board-certified employment lawyer at Clark Hill Strasburger, speaking at a recent NationaLease meeting.

If you are an employer viewing such classifications optimistically in light of some recent legal developments, you should do so fully aware of the attendant perils. One might be excused for thinking ...

Chief among the issues that keep employers up at night is staying compliant with federal and state employment laws. Arguably, wage and hour rules are the most complex and cause the most issues for ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. It sounds simple: classify workers as exempt or non-exempt ...

Gone are the days of the traditional 9 to 5, Monday through Friday workday. Of course, some employees still maintain the traditional schedule, but small business owners are increasingly relying on the ...

California Assembly Bill 5, which went into effect Jan. 1, 2020, was intended to protect workers in the gig economy by reclassifying many of them as employees, rather than independent contractors, ...

Why It’s Crucial to Classify Your Employees Correctly (1099 Contractors vs. W-2 Employees) Your email has been sent Understand the key differences between 1099 contractors and W-2 employees to ...

Today, with the support of the Board of Regents, Morgan State University President David K. Wilson announced an end to the longtime practice of hiring contractual employees to augment the University’s ...

Lee Jacobs, a partner at Barclay Damon in New York, has over 16 years of legal experience representing corporate clients in complex matters and on day-to-day employment issues, especially in the ...