December 20, 2021
The full Ninth Circuit won't reevaluate a panel decision that found 1,500 call center "direct sellers" were employees and not independent contractors, turning down a telemarketing business' bid to overturn the ruling.
November 29, 2021
A telemarketing business urged the Ninth Circuit to rehear a panel decision that found call center "direct sellers" were employees, saying the panel applied the wrong test when reaching its decision and the company was compliant with federal law.
October 14, 2021
A federal law designating "direct sellers" as nonemployees doesn't allow employers to classify their workers as independent contractors, the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday, denying a telemarketing business's bid to overturn a district court's ruling that it misclassified call center workers.
September 30, 2021
In the coming months, federal circuit courts will be busy considering wage and hour cases addressing rules for representative actions, pay discrimination and paychecks for federal employees that were delayed by a government shutdown, among other things. Here are five to watch.
May 13, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor urged the Ninth Circuit to uphold a Nevada federal court ruling that a telemarketing business misclassified call center workers as independent contractors and owed nearly $1.5 million in damages, in a case the government has flagged as "significant."