A Washington State Uber driver recently filed a putative class action lawsuit alleging that he was wrongly classified by Uber as an independent contractor. The…Read more

Auditors’ investigations during independent contractor audits involve two steps. The first involves reviewing the business’s records to understand, as an initial matter, how the…Read more

Washington State’s Employment Security Department (ESD) recently announced that it has received $415,935 in federal funds to audit employers who misclassify workers as independent contractors.…Read more

Mercer Law PLLC is pleased to share some of its success stories representing clients in independent contractor matters before state and federal agencies —…Read more

Business owners generally understand that misclassifying workers as independent contractors is a bad thing, and there are fines and other consequences for misclassification. Most…Read more

State and federal agencies have long recognized that the determination as to who classifies as an independent contractor is a confusing one. As a…Read more

Folks, it’s no secret that our independent contractor law framework is very badly broken, or at best, unworkable.  Below is an outline of a…Read more

Independent contractor agreements are not simply helpful to have.  They are critical to ensuring that your business is able to pass Washington State’s independent…Read more

See L&I Small Business Liaison Aaron Hoffman’s advice here regarding your complying with independent contractor laws and other regulatory compliance. Assuming you’re old enough to remember…Read more

Independent contractor tests, nationwide, are unworkable, and in many cases, bad law. Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich in a recent article suggests this test…Read more