Labor and Employment Law
Ca. Labor & Emp't Rev. November 2015, Volume 29 No. 6
Content
- Labor & Employment Law Section Executive Committee 2015-2016
- Adr Update: Unconscionability Is Still Alive (Sanchez v. Valencia and Carlson v. Home Team Pest Defense, Inc.)
- Cases Pending Before the California Supreme Court
- Employment Law Case Notes
- From the Editors Editorial Policy
- Inside the Law Review
- Masthead
- MCLE Self-Study: From Collective Bargaining to Crowdsourcing Taxi Drivers in Transition
- Message From the Chair
- Nlra Case Notes
- Public Sector Case Notes
- Unconscious Biases: What We Don't Know Can Hurt Us—and Others
- Wage and Hour Update Case Notes
Wage and Hour Update Case Notes
By Lois M. Kosch
Lois M. Kosch is a partner at Wilson Turner Kosmo. She specializes in counseling and representing employers in all aspects of employment law and litigation. Ms. Kosch is a former member of the Labor and Employment Law Section’s Executive Committee.
DOL Narrows Independent Contractor Classification
On July 15, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor issued guidance aimed at curbing the misclassification of employees as independent contractors pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Specifically, the DOL defined " independent contractor" narrowly enough for many previously classified as independent contractors to now be classified as employees.