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(In)Dependent Contractors: Combatting Employee Misclassification In Title 26, Kyle T. Macdonald
(In)Dependent Contractors: Combatting Employee Misclassification In Title 26, Kyle T. Macdonald
FIU Law Review
This comment addresses the use of 26 U.S.C. § 7434 as an alternative remedy for individuals who are misclassified by their employers as independent contractors for federal tax purposes. Historically, misclassified employees have used more well-known employment laws such as the Fair Labor Standards Act to sue employers who engage in employee misclassification. 26 U.S.C. § 7434 provides an underutilized, alternative means for misclassified employees to recover damages for wrongful misclassification. Originally enacted in 1996 as part of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, 26 U.S.C. § 7434 is a tax fraud statute that allows a taxpayer to seek civil damages …
Now We Have Reason To Fire You: What Should States Do About The Employer “After-Acquired” Employee Wrongdoing Defense?, Michael J. Hayes
Now We Have Reason To Fire You: What Should States Do About The Employer “After-Acquired” Employee Wrongdoing Defense?, Michael J. Hayes
FIU Law Review
Wrongful employer conduct, particularly discrimination and harassment, is leading to efforts to provide more protection to employees, and compensate them for wrongdoing already done to them. As shown by the Michigan Supreme Court’s July 2021 Lichon v. Morse decision that adopted a new and more pro-employee standard for when employers can compel employees to arbitrate instead of sue over claims of sexual harassment, much of the protection of employees may occur at the state level. Which makes it unfortunate that little attention is being paid to how states treat the employer after-acquired evidence defense that can undermine new and existing …
Looking South: Toward Principled Protection Of U.S. Workers, Ann C. Mcginley
Looking South: Toward Principled Protection Of U.S. Workers, Ann C. Mcginley
FIU Law Review
In Principled Labor Law: U.S. Labor Law through a Latin American Method, authors Sergio Gamonal C. & Cesar F. Rosado Marzán argue that U.S. courts should follow the Latin American method of applying long-held jurisprudential principles to interpret labor law. The authors’ baseline is clear: applying these principles to U.S. employment law will better the employment opportunities and stability of workers who suffer from unequal bargaining power and the ever-present employer-oriented employment-at-will doctrine. Focusing on Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other civil rights provisions, this article imagines how applying the principles described by Gamonal and Rosado …