Specialty Group: Employment and Labor Law

Author: Jonathan Turner Why This Matters On May 14, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) released an advice memorandum declaring that Uber drivers are independent contractors (not employees) and are, th ...

Author: Indrani Lahiri India is a land of diversity, essentially, a multicultural, multiethnic, multilingual and multi-religious society. This diversity has a tremendous bearing at the workplace and discrimination ...

On February 28, 2019, the Supreme Court of India passed a landmark order on whether special allowances fall within the scope and meaning of “basic wages” under the Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provision ...

Engagement of “gig-economy” workers has been a hot topic, particularly in the case of food delivery businesses. The Fair Work Commission recently concluded that a delivery rider for Foodora was in fact an employee, r ...