How to Correctly Classify Your Employees and Independent Contractors: Latest Legal Update
Duration: 90 minutes
Speaker: Dr. Jim Castagnera, Esq.
Webinar Description
Many organizations are working with more contractors as COVID-19 drives consumer demand for online shopping and home deliveries. Safety restrictions require greater effort to maintain productivity while the economic downturn discourages employers from hiring full-time staff, creating additional needs for temporary help.
The rules are changing:
- In September, The U.S. Department of Labor released proposed regulations that alter the federal FLSA test of independent contractor status.
- In California, Proposition 22 passed on November 3, exempting Uber and Lyft from treating their drivers as employees.
- Earlier this year in Pennsylvania, a judge ruled that Uber drivers are genuine independent contractors.
- Lyft drivers in Massachusetts have launched a class action suit, seeking employee benefits under the Emergency Sick Leave Act.
You need to understand the detailed and evolving rules and revisit how your workers are classified.
AGENDA
- What are the primary tests of independent-contractor status?
- What do the most recent court decisions reveal about the future?
- How will the new DOL rules affect your organization?
- Are additional changes expected in the Biden administration?
- How can you justify independent contractor status?
- What do gig economy workers want?
- What is organized labor doing to represent contractors?·
- What are the penalties and other liabilities for misclassification?
Logistics
- 90-minute webinar (Travel-Free) delivered over the Internet.
- Unlimited listeners per connection - bring the entire department.
- Q&A session with the expert.
This event will be presented live with a PowerPoint presentation to be viewed on your computer. You may listen to the audio of the webinar by telephone or through your computer. The PowerPoint slides will be provided shortly before the event. Once you register, you will receive an email which is your receipt and which includes your instructions for dialing in and logging on. You will also receive an email reminder 24 hours before the webinar.
What is a webinar?
A webinar is a live Internet based seminar. Webinars are a way for participants in many different locations to see and hear a presentation and view PowerPoint slides. You can also have your colleagues attend the webinar using one connection.
What kind of equipment do I need?
You will need a computer with an Internet connection (high speed service such as DSL or cable works best) and a telephone. You may listen to the webinar through your computer speakers, in which case you will not need to use a telephone connection. Internet access is not required for phone-only participants, but you will not be able to see the speaker’s slides.
How can I share the webinar with my colleagues who may not be able to attend the event?
CDs of each program will be available for sale and can be shared with your business associates.
Can I get a copy of the PowerPoint slides used in the webinar?
The PowerPoint slides will be available on the materials page link in the confirmation email that will be sent to you no later than the morning of the day a webinar is presented.
How do I ask a question during the webinar? Will my question be answered during the presentation?
A question and answer session will be scheduled at the end of each webinar. You can then ask a question by typing it into the question box that will be provided to you duringthe webinar. You may also ask a question through the telephone connection. As many questions as possible will be answered during the Question and Answer period.