Monday, February 1, 2010

Do the FedEx Cases Portend a Different Approach to Employee/Independent Contractor Analysis?

Here's a link to a short article I wrote for Employment Law 360 discussing the success FedEx has had in establishing that drivers for its FedEx Home subsidiary are independent contractors, not employees, including the D.C. Circuit's favorable decision which focused on the fact that the drivers have an "entrepreneurial interest" in their routes, militating in favor of independent contractor status.

Written by David Barmak