On September 21, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a stinging decision against commercial cleaning franchisor Jani-King, certifying a class action in an independent contractor (IC) misclassification case arising in the franchising context. Williams v. Jani-King of Philadelphia Inc., No. 15-2049 (3d Cir. Sept.
September 2016
August 2016 Independent Contractor Misclassification and Compliance News Update
By Richard Reibstein Esq. on
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This month’s news update includes four initiatives by the U.S. Department of Labor to combat IC misclassification. The first was the issuance of a new page on the DOL website called “Misclassification Mythbusters.” We critiqued the new DOL page in a blog post, pointing out that the DOL had…