The National Labor Relations Board is making it “more difficult for companies to treat workers as independent contractors rather than employees, handing workers in the gig economy and other industries...
Worker classification rule ‘problematic’ for healthcare employers as written, coalition says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 05, 2023
A coalition of 17 healthcare organizations is urging the US Department of Labor to exempt skilled nursing and other healthcare providers from a proposal that would more strictly limit how employers classify...
2023 will bring big changes in workplace law, experts predict
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 04, 2023
The new year will bring some big changes in workplace law, labor attorneys at Fisher Phillips predict.
Expert questions task force’s authority to enforce employee misclassification recommendations
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 06, 2022
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry’s Joint Task Force on Misclassification of Employees has submitted its recommendations to the state General Assembly.
$28.6M+ recovered in first year of DOL investigations of senior living and care industry
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 17, 2022
A Department of Labor initiative launched a year ago as of Wednesday has recovered more than $28.6 million in back wages and damages as well as assessments of $1.3 million in civil monetary penalties from...
Assisted living provider pays $1M+ in back wages, damages to 47 workers
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 31, 2022
The part owner of a Pittsburgh-area assisted living provider has paid more than $1 million in back wages and damages to 47 workers after a Department of Labor investigation found that the company violated...
Proposed rule would replace ‘out of sync’ guidance for classifying employees, independent contractors:...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 12, 2022
The Department of Labor is proposing revisions to its guidance on how employers can determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Court ruling provides cautionary tale regarding duties of independent living operators
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 21, 2022
A Michigan Supreme Court ruling has called into question whether independent living residents are truly “independent” and what responsibilities operators hold beyond the traditional landlord-tenant...
Labor Department to issue new rule on misclassification of employees as independent contractors
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 14, 2022
The Department of Labor is seeking feedback before it issues a new rule to clarify whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Misclassifying employees as independent contractors costly for provider
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 03, 2022
A Lansing, MI, adult foster care company’s practice of treating its residential healthcare workers as independent contractors will cost it $94,000 in back wages.