Schrödinger’s Cat? Ninth Circuit Disrupts Trucking Industry with Contractor Misclassification Ruling

By Todd Lebowitz on May 3, 2021 Posted in Independent Contractor

Have you heard of Schrödinger’s cat? It’s not a real cat, like Felix or Brian Setzer. It’s a hypothetical, seemingly impossible cat that exists only in the world of quantum physics. Schrödinger’s cat refers to a thought experiment in which a cat in a box is simultaneously alive and dead, until you open the box … Continue Reading

Whaddaya Call It? DOL Proposes New Independent Contractor Test

By Todd Lebowitz on September 23, 2020 Posted in Independent Contractor

Soda or pop? Pill bug or roly poly? What you call things depends on where you live. In 2014, the New York Times published this 25-question dialect quiz that will tell you, with startling accuracy, where you or your parents are from. The test is fun, and you can see how words and dialects vary … Continue Reading

Not Dead Yet: The States’ New Strategy for Attacking Independent Contractor Misclassification Can Be Relentless — and Costly.

By Todd Lebowitz on November 20, 2019 Posted in Independent Contractor

For years, state governments have claimed they were losing hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid withholdings as a result of independent contractor misclassification. Now, one state is making a grab for a massive piece of that pie — all at once. On November 12, the state of New Jersey sent a bill to Uber … Continue Reading