by Rob Cruz | Jan 8, 2021 | TalentWave Blog
During the campaign season, President-Elect Biden pledged to fight for the working class, support unionization and to be tough on businesses that fail to legally and properly make accurate classifications of the Independent Contractors (ICs) – i.e., commit worker...
by Rob Cruz | Jan 8, 2021 | TalentWave Blog
As we move into a new year and administration, we’re all in goal-making mode. Sure, our most immediate resolutions are to keep safe and pay our bills during this time. After those pressing goals, if you’re like me, maybe you have a goal to eat movie popcorn in a...
by Rob Cruz | Jan 7, 2021 | TalentWave Blog
This week, the Department of Labor (DOL) passed its final rule on worker misclassification. This rule had been fast-tracked through the notice and comment period to meet year end. According to Wage and Hour Division Administrator Cheryl Stanton: “The rule…continues...
by Rob Cruz | Aug 5, 2020 | TalentWave Blog
The end of July brought some interesting developments in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. First, on July 29, the Minnesota Supreme Court tossed common law on its head in a case involving Hospitals and Independent Contractor (IC) Physicians. Traditionally, the law in...
by Rob Cruz | Apr 20, 2020 | TalentWave Blog
Five years ago, in an article for Workforce Magazine, I wrote about the need to create a third class of U.S. workers. This “Quasi-Independent Contractor (IC)” would better fit the economy and reality of modern times. A new class of worker that lays somewhere between a...
