Labor / Employment

Health Care / Medicine

Labor Department Is Cracking Down On Providers’ Use Of 1099 Contractors, Lawyer Warns

Before healthcare providers onboard workers sourced from staffing agencies, they should make sure these laborers are hired as W-2 employees rather than 1099 independent contractors, one lawyer recently warned. The Department of Labor is increasing its efforts to ensure healthcare facilities are complying with the law as it pertains to contract labor and overtime pay.

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 03.06.23

* Sam Bankman-Fried allowed to carry flip phone. Cue the Eighth Amendment. Just give him a rotary phone and be done with it. [Reuters] * Former inspector general revisits the Supreme Court's "oops, I mean, we talked to the justices 'about' the investigation but I cannot say that they were part 'of' the investigation" effort, and ruminates on how unbelievably inept this is. [The Atlantic] * George Conway is getting a divorce from Kellyanne confirming that marriage requires more than one person with a foot in reality. [CNN] * Starbucks' labor troubles have gone from venti to cento. [Bloomberg Law News] * Law360 continues to be laser-focused on the former NY Chief Judge Janet DiFiore beat, uncovering seemingly misleading testimony used to justify her multimillion-dollar publicly funded security detail. [Law360] * A collection of crazy law firm merchandise. [LegalCheek]

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.31.23

* Trump sues Bob Woodward claiming copyright on all the stuff he told Woodward during interviews Trump granted for the purpose of letting Woodward write a book. This is not going in the magical "Trump keeps winning cases" bucket his lawyer talks about. [Courthouse News Service] * Johnson & Johnson tried the "Monopoly Man turns out his pockets" routine and failed. [Law360] * Hey Siri, explain labor law. [MacRumors] * Speaking of labor law, a look at the upcoming Supreme Court labor showdown from the perspective of the service workers are preparing. [Eater] * Jones Day facing sanctions request citing harassment as the motivation for the earlier sanctions request Jones Day made against former associates in discrimination case. You may remember this one as the case that brought attention to Jones Day's... questionable photoshop decisions. [Reuters] * The pandemic may have broken lawyers. I mean, lawyers were always broken, but it broke them in a new way. [American Lawyer]

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