The new IR35 rules are stirring things up and, amongst other things, are encouraging hirers to review how they engage their contractors and whether cost can be reduced. This is an opportunity that ...

Bernie Alvarez, a marine mechanic, worked for Pacific Crane Maintenance Company. Evergreen Container Terminal—operating a marine container terminal in the Port of Los Angeles—had contracted with ...

There is a strong presumption under California law that the hirer of an independent contractor delegates to the contractor the responsibility for providing the employees a safe workplace, the ...

Agency workers who have been working for the same hirer since 1 October 2011 will soon be reaching the end of the 12-week qualifying period required under the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 to give ...

Approximately 30 years ago, the California Supreme Court held in the case of Privette v. Superior Court (1993), that a homeowner should not be liable for the injuries incurred by the employees of ...

The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/93) came into force on 1 October 2011. They grant agency workers specific rights in relation to their basic working and employment conditions and also as ...