?Last summer, a chronic shortage of hourly workers across the U.S. kept many public pools from fully operating, forced restaurants to limit their hours, prompted amusement parks to keep some sections closed... Read more »
?Ride-hailing and delivery companies can continue to treat their California drivers as independent contractors, a state appeals court ruled on March 13. The court mostly upheld the state’s Proposition 22, which said... Read more »
?The trend of repackaging established workplace behaviors and practices into new buzzwords continues. In the wake of last year’s “quiet quitting” and “quiet firing” phenomena—catchphrases for employee disengagement and passive performance management—comes... Read more »
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a proposed rule to clarify who is an independent contractor under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The proposed rule is scheduled to... Read more »
Google's temporary, vendor and contract workers are demanding treatment and benefits equal to Google's full-time workers. Their concerns are compelling, but there are fundamental differences between contractors and full-time staff. Employers can't... Read more »
