New Jersey's rule codifying a three-prong test for independent contractor status that took effect Thursday lacks the many exemptions under California's similar test, which attorneys attributed to slight differences between the analyses and said highlights the need for a targeted approach to compliance.
The National Labor Relations Board has revived a metal company's challenge to an Iron Workers' representation election win in a divided decision, saying a local union official's comment that a voter would not be charged a reinstatement fee if the union won may have tainted the election.
The First Circuit has declined to vacate an arbitration award ordering Harvard University to include a group of doctoral psychology students in a bargaining unit for graduate student workers, rejecting the college's claims that the dispute can't be arbitrated.