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California High Court Narrows Rule For Classification of Workers as Independent Contractors
CA Employers: Stock Up on Your W-2s; Recycle Your 1099s In a decision that continues California’s trend toward allowing the designation of a worker as an independent contractor only under rare circumstances, the state’s Supreme Court on Monday held that … Continue reading
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Illinois Retaliatory Discharge Claim May Not Be Removed to Federal Court
A retaliatory discharge action filed under 820 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. § 305/4(h)—part of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act—may not be removed from an Illinois trial court to a federal district court on the basis of diversity of citizenship, held … Continue reading
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Massachusetts Retaliatory Discharge Statute Protects Employee’s Right to Sue Employer in Tort
A provision of the Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Act (Act), Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, § 75B(2), and not the common law, affords an employee who was injured on the job and incurred a loss of earning capacity from the injury … Continue reading →
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