NLRB Revises Independent Contractor Test

From OMA Connections Partner Calfee: “On January 25, 2019, in SuperShuttle DFW, Inc. and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1338, the National Labor Relations Board … overturned a 2014 decision and made it easier for employers to demonstrate that their workers are independent contractors who can’t unionize. The issue in this case was whether approximately 88 van drivers are employees of a company and could therefore be represented by a union; or whether, as the Board found, they are independent contractors of the company and therefore could not.

“The decision overturned a 2014 Obama-era ruling …”

You can read more here. 1/31/2019