Labor and Employment (page 1)

Delivery Driver Misclassification Is at an All-Time High
How a worker is classified can have severe implications and costs for their labor rights and economic security. Across the United States, misclassification has become more prevalent among the companies that provide delivery services. For years these companies have been abusing their workers to save
- Labor and Employment
- Jul 6, 2023

Skipcart® Delivery Driver Misclassification Lawsuit
Delivery companies like Shipt® and GoPuff® have had lawsuits filed alleging that the companies have misclassified their delivery drivers as independent contractors. GoPuff® alone was issued fines of $6.2 million by Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell after an investigation found almost a thousand
- Labor and Employment
- Jul 6, 2023

Roadie® Delivery Drivers May Be Misclassified As Independent Contractors
Delivery drivers all over the country have suffered from misclassification from companies like Roadie® for years. Drivers have complained that they have been lured in with the ideas behind higher pay, flexible work hours, and more, yet when in, the
- Labor and Employment
- Jul 6, 2023

Spark® Delivery Drivers Are Misclassified as Independent Contractors
Walmart launched Spark® in 2018 to help reach rural customers where other gig economy apps don't deliver. The delivery app is powered by the third-party vendor provider Delivery Drivers Inc.® and operates in all 50 states with more than 17,000 pickup
- Labor and Employment
- Jul 6, 2023

The State Laws for Access to Your Personnel Files
If you are employed in the United States, it is important for you to understand your rights when it comes to accessing your personnel files. An employee personnel file is either a paper or electronic record of a current or past employee's history with an employer. Within the file, employers can
- Labor and Employment
- Jun 20, 2023

GoPuff® Fined $6.2 Million After Misclassifying Nearly 1k Delivery Drivers
GoPuff® has been fined $6.2 million after Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell found that the company mislabeled nearly 1,000
- Labor and Employment
- Jun 19, 2023

Judge Temporarily Approves Overtime Claims for Travel Nurse Collective
In Washington, a federal judge has approved a group of travel nurses' collective overtime claims against NuWest Group Holdings LLC, a national staffing and recruiting agency that provides services for the manufacturing, nursing, scientific, and technology industries based in Washington. However,
- Labor and Employment
- Jun 7, 2023

Companies Are Handing Out Manager Titles to Avoid Overtime Pay
When you are assigned a new position at work, it typically means that you are progressing in your career. With this new position, you can expect to find increased responsibilities, hours, and, in most cases, pay. However, according to a
- Labor and Employment
- May 12, 2023

How You Can Prove Pay Discrimination in the United States
In the United States, despite laws like the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act in place to protect individuals from being unfairly paid in comparison to their counterparts––unfortunately, thousands of women, minorities, and other historically disadvantaged groups are still
- Labor and Employment
- May 1, 2023

Fair Workweek Laws Are Expanding: Effective April 1st in Los Angeles
Predictive Scheduling laws, more commonly known as Fair Workweek laws, have become a hot topic nationwide. In 2017, Oregon took the lead by enacting a statewide Fair Workweek law, paving the way for other
- Labor and Employment
- Apr 14, 2023

Illinois Governor Signs Paid Leave for Workers Act Enacting Paid Leave for Any Reason
On Monday, March 13, 2023, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the Paid Leave for Workers Act into law, adding Illinois to the list of now three states that require employers to offer paid leave for any reason. Below we’ve gone
- Labor and Employment
- Apr 5, 2023

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act to Mandate Reasonable Accommodations
Earlier this month, it was announced that the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) would go into effect on June 27, 2023. The PWFA requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to their workers for
- Labor and Employment
- Mar 23, 2023

Work for a Tech Company? Here’s What to Do if You’re Laid Off.
You’re changing the world through your innovative work at an exciting startup or technology company. Congratulations! Maybe you even have stock options and a nice bonus every year. But do you know what to do in the event of a sudden workforce reduction?
- Labor and Employment
- Jul 6, 2022

Were You Impacted by the Kronos Ransomware Attack? Here’s What You Need to Know.
Kronos is a popular digital workforce management platform. Whole Foods, FedEx, Tesla, PepsiCo, and other major US employers rely on Kronos for critical business functions like employee timekeeping, scheduling, and payroll. But a ransomware cyberattack discovered on December 11, 2021, that knocked
- Labor and Employment
- May 26, 2022

Avoiding Fraudsters: Job Scams
Unfortunately, scams happen every single day in all walks of life across the globe. Scams can occur in many ways, from scammers obtaining personal bank details to making fraudulent phone calls, emails, or letters, with the intent of stealing something from the targeted individual, and that’s
- Labor and Employment
- May 25, 2022