In the final chapter of our four-part video series, Bonnie Puckett, of counsel in our International Practice Group, and Jean Kim, an associate in our International Practice Group, discuss the absence of at-will employment outside the U.S. Tune in to our five-minute video below, in which they cover considerations for U.S.-based in-house counsel who need to know how to structure—and dissolve—employment relationships outside the U.S.
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“Uber Bill” to Regulate Ride-Sharing Services Companies Advances in State Assembly
A bill to regulate ride-sharing service companies (known as “transportation network companies”), such as Uber and Lyft, is making its way through the state legislature (A3765/S2742). Earlier versions of the bill clearly stated that drivers providing services on behalf of such transportation network companies would not be considered employees, consistent with the position of the companies that drivers are independent contractors.
New Year Brings New Opinion Letters From DOL’s Wage and Hour Division
On January 7, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued three opinion letters, two of which concerned the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). (The other dealt with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.) These opinion letters are the first of the new year and a new decade.
Florida Adds Vaping to Regulated Indoor Smoking
The Florida legislature recently amended the “Indoor Air: Tobacco Smoke” Act, §386.202 of the Florida Statutes, to restrict indoor vaping in addition to tobacco smoking in enclosed spaces. The amended act is now known as the “Indoor Air: Smoking and Vaping” Act. The new law went into effect on July 1, 2019.