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Delivery Driver Misclassification Is at an All-Time High - delivery service

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 - morgan and morgan

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

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 - delivery worker

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

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® 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 - nurse

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 - manager and employee

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 - Morgan and Morgan

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 - image

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 - workers

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

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.

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

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 - scammer with workers

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