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The NY HERO Act: Untangled

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On May 5, 2021, NY Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the New York Health and Essential Rights Act, commonly known as the HERO Act. The new law (1) requires the New York Department of Labor (“NYDOL”) to develop enforceable industry-specific minimum standards for the private employment sector in order to protect employees from defined airborne infectious diseases, (2) prohibits retaliation against employees who exercise their rights under the Act, and (3) requires some employers to facilitate the creation of workplace safety committees.

Section 1 of the Act becomes effective on June 4, 2021 on which date the DOL is required to issue its safety standards, and the anti-retaliation requirements go into effect. Section 2 with its safety committee requirements and anti-retaliation provisions becomes effective on November 1, 2021.

In his signing statement, Governor Cuomo promised various amendments to the statutory text to correct perceived deficiencies of the Act, including delaying the effective date of Section 1 of the Act by 30 additional days and clarifying the language to provide for an additional 30 days for an employer to adopt model plan after DOL’s model plans are issued. But, for now, with the issuance of new minimum standards less two weeks away, employers should familiarize themselves with the language of the HERO Act and assess how they are going to comply with its provisions. Employers should also review their existing COVID-19 safety plans and any proposed revisions they plan to enact consistent with the industry-specific guidance issued by the DOH.

Model Safety Plans

Section 1 of the HERO Act covers employees in the private sector, including part-time workers, domestic workers, independent contractors, seasonal workers, employees of staffing agencies and others. Employers of all sizes are covered by the Act. State and governmental agency employers and employees are excluded from coverage under the Act.

This section of the Act creates a new section 218-b to the New York Labor Law. It calls on the NYDOL Commissioner to create, in both English and Spanish, model safety standards with minimum requirements for preventing exposure to airborne infectious diseases for all work sites differentiated by industry. Such disease is defined in the Act as “[a]ny infections viral, bacterial or fungal disease that is transmissible through the air in the form of aerosol particles or droplets and is designated a highly contagious communicable disease by the commissioner of health that presents a serious risk of harm to the public health” (emphasis added). Their will be different standards between different levels of airborne infectious disease exposure and circumstances where a state of emergency has or has not been declared.

At minimum, the standards to be established by the Commissioner should include the following topics:

  • employee health screenings;
  • face coverings;
  • industry-specific personal protective equipment (“PPE”);
  • workplace hand hygiene stations;
  • regular surface cleaning and disinfection;
  • social distancing of employees and customers where applicable;
  • mandatory or precautionary orders of isolation or quarantine;
  • engineering controls, such as air filtration;
  • the role of supervisory employees to oversee compliance with safety standards;
  • employee notice requirements; and
  • verbal review of the safety standards and employer policies.

Employers may either adopt the NYDOL model standards or otherwise create their own standards whose requirements equal to or exceed the the minimum standards established by the NYDOL. If an employer creates its own plan, it must do so with meaningful input from affected employees or in consultation with the collective bargaining unit, where applicable.

Lastly, there are posting and employee handbook provision requirements applicable to all such safety standards. Employers must provide a copy of the safety plan to the employees upon reopening, after a period of closure due to an airborne infectious disease and upon hire.

Anti-Retaliation and Discrimination Provisions

Importantly, Section 1 of the HERO Act prohibits retaliation, discrimination or any taking of an adverse action against employees who:

  • exercise their rights under the Act;
  • report violations of the Act or any applicable safety standard to relevant federal, state or local authorities;
  • report any concerns about or seek assistance in connection with airborne infectious disease exposure to the employer or any relevant federal, state or local authorities; or
  • refuse to work where employees reasonably and in good faith believe that they would be exposed to unreasonable risk of exposure to an airborne infectious disease under conditions inconsistent with the safety standards.

Workplace Safety Committees

Section 2 of the HERO Act applies to any private sector employee with at least ten employees. Codified in Section 27-d of the New York Labor Law, it mandates that covered employers must allow employees to establish and administer joint labor-management workplace safety committees. These committees are to be composed of at least two-thirds non-supervisory employees also chosen by non-supervisory employees. In case of a CBA, the collective bargaining representative chooses the members of the committee. Committees representing geographically distinct worksites may also be formed, if necessary. Employers are prohibited from interfering with the selection process of committee members. Committees are authorized to perform the following functions:

  • raise health and safety concerns to the employer to which the employer must respond;
  • review any workplace safety policy put into place under the Act and provide feedback thereto;
  • review the adoption of any policy in the workplace;
  • participate in any site visit or inspection by the relevant governmental agencies;
  • review any report; and
  • schedule regular committee meetings during work hours at least once a quarter.

Section 2 prohibits any retaliation against employees participating in workplace safety committees or any actions taken pursuant to employees’ participation therein.

Enforcement and Penalties

Under Section 1, the Act has a private right of action and allows any employee to sue for injunctive relief along with costs, attorneys fee and liquidated damages up to $20,000. It further empowers the Commissioner to investigate alleged violations and impose penalties of up to $50 per day for failure to adopt a plan and between $1,000 and $10,000 for failure to follow an adopted plan. In his signing statement, Governor Cuomo called for amendments to provide for an immediate requirement to cure violations and to eliminate the private right of action to instances where employers are acting in bad faith and failing to cure deficiencies. The timing of these amendments is presently unclear.

Next Steps

At this point, all of us are awaiting the DOL industry-specific minimum standards to be issued in fewer than two weeks. While the substance of the standards may be similar to what we have encountered throughout the pandemic over the past year and a half, their remain many unanswered questions about the law’s application and impact. At this time, employers should review their existing protocols and also speak with their unions in preparation for the roll-out in early June. Now would also be the time to review your handbooks and prepare to amend the anti-retaliation provisions therein to conform with the language of the Act.

While Section 2 does not go into effect until later this year, employers who have 10 or more employees (and it is unclear whether it is only in-state employees) should start preparing for the establishment of workplace safety committees. To that end, time-keeping issues need to be looked at since such committee meetings cannot be treated as off-the-clock time. Lastly, as mentioned above, some amendments to the Act were promised by Governor Cuomo at the time of the Act’s signing. Those relating to employer liability and penalties as well as implementation timelines are of particular interest.

An Unsurprising IC Rule Withdrawal: More to Come?

As predicted, on May 5, 2021 the Department of Labor announced the withdrawal of the Independent Contractor Rule which was made final on January 6, 2021 (“January 6 Rule”). The withdrawal became effective today (May 6, 2021) with its publication in the Federal Register.  

The January 6 Rule codified the approach of giving significant weight to several factors of the “economic realities” test for determining worker classification, while giving other factors less weight.  That rule was welcome news for businesses in helping to clarify independent contractor  status. 

The DOL bases the withdrawal on the following:

  • The January 6 Rule was not supported by FLSA’s text or purpose and has not been otherwise used by the courts.
  • The January 6 Rule did not provide the clarity it intended.
  • The January 6 Rule would not have benefited workers “as a whole”.
  • The withdrawal of the January 6 Rule is not disruptive as it had yet to take effect and has not been applied by the courts.

The DOL’s decision withdrawing the January 6 Rule gives the judges more discretion to weigh the factors of the economic realities test, and ultimately paves the way for a more aggressive rule – perhaps a federal ABC standard – which will contribute to a growing classification of more workers as “employees”.

Three HR Practices We Predict Will be “Up in Smoke” Due to New York Marijuana Legislation

On March 31, 2021, Governor Cuomo signed the “Marihuana Regulation and Taxation Act” (“MRTA”). Among other things, this law legalizes adult recreational use of marijuana; it amends New York’s “off duty conduct” law to protect employees from discrimination based on marijuana use in some circumstances; and it immediately or potentially expunges some marijuana-related convictions.

Here are three ways we predict this law will change HR practices in New York:

Pre-employment Drug Testing. Some New York employers may consider limiting pre-employment drug testing except when required by law or contract. With the changes enacted by MRTA, a positive cannabis test alone may no longer suffice to support a no-hire decision. As a consequence, some employers may choose to simply forgo it as a condition of employment.

Many New York City employers previously stopped drug testing job applicants in response to an NYC law which became effective in May 2020.

Drug Policies / Discipline. Prudent employers will pause before taking any adverse action (e.g., firing, disciplining, refusing to promote, etc.) against an employee based on that employee’s known marijuana use. This is particularly true if the use is outside of work, off duty, and without using the employer’s equipment.

Under the MRTA, employers may still have and enforce lawful drug and alcohol policies to maintain drug-free workplaces. They may also fire employees for marijuana use where the law would require it, or when failing to do so would jeopardize a federal contract or funding.

However, the new law may make it more difficult for some employers to discipline employees for suspected drug use. Unlike in the case of alcohol, where a breathalyzer can instantaneously reveal alcohol use, no test exists for cannabis use. Thus, drug testing has limited value in helping employers determine the presence of on-the-job cannabis use. Rather, the employer will need to point to “articulable symptoms” of “impairment” while working that “decrease or lessen the employee’s performance of the duties or tasks” or evidence that such specific “articulable symptoms” interfere with an employer’s obligation to provide a safe and healthy workplace.

Employers also should keep in mind that employee use of medical marijuana may require reasonable accommodation under laws that protect against disability discrimination.

Criminal Conviction Records. Some employers may consider amending their arrest and conviction policies and practices.

Employers in New York already must be careful about making employment decisions based on arrests and conviction records so as not to fall afoul of criminal conviction discrimination laws, e.g., New York Correction Law Article 23-A; the New York City Fair Chance Act and its recent amendments. And, the fact that certain marijuana-related criminal convictions will now be expunged “automatically”, and others only on “request,” could create an even greater potential for missteps in this area.

Consider the following scenarios:

  1. An applicant whose prior marijuana-related criminal conviction was automatically expunged, does not disclose this conviction. The background check report incorrectly reveals the conviction.
  2. An applicant mistakenly believes a prior marijuana-related criminal conviction was automatically expunged, and incorrectly fails to disclose the conviction. The background check report reveals the conviction.
  3. An applicant mistakenly believes a prior marijuana-related conviction has not been expunged and discloses it. The background check comes back clean.

What do you think your HR staff would recommend in each circumstance? Could HR revoke any of these job offers without risk?

Next Steps

Employers should consider revisiting their hiring and employment processes. This includes those related to pre-employment questions about drug use, drug screening, drug-free workplace policies, and criminal convictions, to ensure such policies and practices are consistent with their legal obligations.

They should educate staff involved in hiring decisions about their obligations and new policies, including how to handle scenarios like those discussed above.

Finally, they should educate managers on the signs of “articulable symptoms” to identify on-the-job drug use or impairment and ensure appropriate discipline documentation and handling of such matters.

Experienced employment counsel can help you audit your practices, educate your staff, and help you navigate these and other tricky issues in your workforce.

An Interview with Jennie Woltz of Woltz & Folkinshteyn, P.C. by Tara Campbell Lussier of Arrow

Listen to our own Jennie Woltz discuss leave rights, paid leave, mental health + perinatal medical diagnoses from the legal lens, breastfeeding rights, and bereavement rights with Tara Campbell Lussier, CEO & Co-Founder of Arrow, a full-service parenting support consultancy for families, employers and healthcare organizations. We are extremely grateful to be invited by Arrow to talk about these important topics.

Breaking News: New York Legislature Seeks to Revoke NY Governor Cuomo’s Emergency Powers

In recent weeks, a bi-partisan group of NY legislators have been hammering the beleaguered Governor Andrew Cuomo’s failure to truthfully report the number of NY nursing home COVID-related deaths. On February 17, 2021, to assert legislative oversight over New York’s pandemic response, a proposed bill No. S04888 was introduced in the NY State Senate which seeks to revoke the extension of emergency powers granted to Cuomo related to the outbreak of COVID-19 early last year.

In general, the proposal reverses the temporary amendments to Executive Law 29-a passed previously by the state legislature at the start of the pandemic, removing Governor Cuomo’s authority to “issue any directive during a [declared] state disaster emergency” which may be necessary “to assist or aid in coping with such disaster.” We will continue to monitor this recent development and how it affects the various COVID-19 executive orders, including quarantine rules, business capacity frameworks, and other employment-related pronouncements.

Special Edition: Recent Developments in Brief

In recent weeks, a number of important developments have taken place in the labor and employment field, including new COVID19-related quarantine and safety updates, a freeze of previously adopted DOL rules concerning independent contractors, and a resolution of an important case out of Massachusetts relating to enforcement of dress code violations in the workplace. Read on for some key takeaways and predictions. As always, we are here to address any questions you may have about these and any other labor and employment issues you may have.

NY Quarantine Rule Update for Vaccinated Individuals

On February 10, 2021, the CDC issued updated guidance in connection with quarantine rules for persons that have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and then subsequently exposed to an infected individual. Vaccinated persons with an exposure to someone with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 are not required to quarantine, if (1) they are fully vaccinated (i.e., ≥2 weeks following receipt of the second dose in a 2-dose series, or ≥2 weeks following receipt of one dose of a single-dose vaccine), (2) they are within 3 months following receipt of the last dose in the series, and (3) they have remained asymptomatic since the current COVID-19 exposure.

On February 11, 2021, NY Governor Andrew Cuomo and NY Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker issued a statement that New York State intends to update its quarantine requirements to reflect the recent CDC guidance. One implication may be that some vaccinated employees who previously had been entitled to time off under the NYS Quarantine Leave Law would no longer qualify for leave thereunder. We expect the NY quarantine and leave rules to be updated shortly to reflect this new development.

Independent Contractors May Receive Further Scrutiny

As predicted by many commentators, the implementation of the January 2021 DOL rule clarifying the distinction between employees and independent contractors was frozen by the Biden Administration pending further review in late January. The Biden Administration seems likely to move toward a federal ABC test for independent contractor classification, which is currently in force in e.g., California and NJ. As a general overview, the ABC test requires the employer to show that (1) the worker is free from control and direction of the hiring entity both under the performance contract and in fact, (2) the worker performs work that is outside the usual course of the hiring entity’s business, and (3) the worker is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation or business of the same nature as that is involved in the work performed.

The Biden platform specifically argues for the implementation of a variation on the ABC test at the federal level. Employers should review the current independent contract arrangements and prepare for increased scrutiny in this arena.

OSHA Focuses on COVID-19 in the Workplace

On January 29 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued additional new guidance relating to COVID-19 workplace safety. Although OSHA specifically states that the new guidance is issued “to help [employers and workers] identify risks” and “determine appropriate control measures” and does not create “a standard or regulation” or “new legal obligations”, employers should review the new guidance carefully to ascertain whether their practices are in conformity with the 16 elements referenced in the guidance. It is critical to remain on top of this development since it is likely that new emergency standards which OSHA is tasked with by EO 13999 to issue by March 15, 2021 are likely to incorporate many if not all principles spelled out in this guidance.

Among the various elements are the following: (1) assignment of a workplace coordinator responsible for COVID-19 issues, (2) accommodation and protection of works in higher risk categories, (3) telework opportunities to minimize negative impact of quarantine and isolation on workers, (4) recording and reporting COVID-19 infections and deaths, and (5) making a COVID-19 vaccine or vaccination series available at no cost to all eligible employees.

Inconsistent Dress Code Enforcement May Not Violate Title VII

On February 5, 2021, U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs dismissed nearly all Title VII discrimination and retaliation claims in connection with Whole Foods disciplining employees for wearing Black Lives Matter masks in violation of Whole Foods’ dress code policy in Frith, et al. v. Whole Foods Market, Inc., Civ. Act. No. 20-cv-11358-ADB (D. Mass. Feb. 5, 2021). Applying Bostock v. Clayton Co., 140 S. Ct. 1731 (2020), the court found that “a straightforward application of Bostock’s rationale to this case leads to the conclusion that Plaintiffs have failed to state a claim for Title VII discrimination.” Specifically, the court determined that the plaintiffs “have not alleged that Defendants would have treated any individual plaintiff differently if that plaintiff were of a different race[; t]o the contrary, their allegations demonstrate that Defendants treated all employees wearing BLM attire equally, regardless of race.”

Given the stage at which this case was dismissed, Judge Burroughs accepted as true certain allegations by the Plaintiffs that Whole Foods did not frequently enforce its dress code policy, but did find that Title VII applies to race-based discrimination and does not apply to inconsistent, content-based application of a dress code policy. Specifically, Judge Burroughs observed that “[p]utting aside the wisdom and fairness of Defendants’ decision to aggressively discipline employees for wearing BLM attire, particularly when Defendants purportedly allowed employees to wear clothing with other messaging, inconsistent enforcement of a dress code does not constitute a Title VII violation because it is not a race-based discrimination and because Title VII does not protect free speech in private workplace” (emphasis added). Under the facts of this case, the employees affected by Whole Foods’ discipline decisions came from a variety of racial backgrounds.

To the extent this decision can be extrapolated, the case suggests that employers may engage in viewpoint discrimination through enforcement of a dress code, so long as they are consistent on the viewpoint being disfavored, not the race of the individual(s) expressing the viewpoint. At the same time, if employers choose to establish a dress code policy, the best practices approach is to take care to apply and document discipline in connection with dress code violations uniformly and without regard to social or political message promoted by dress code deviations to avoid disparate impact claims.

Proposed Paid COVID-19 Vaccination Leave for NY and Federal Employees

Under New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposed FY 2022 budget, both private and public NY employers will soon likely be required to provide for four hours of paid leave for up to two COVID-19 vaccinations for each employee. The proposed leave is not going to take effect until the NY legislature approves the budget and Governor Cuomo signs it, which likely won’t happen until late March. New York’s fiscal year begins on April 1, 2021.

Additionally, at the federal level, a group of congressional lawmakers have recently approached the Office of Personnel Management with a proposal for paid administrative time off to receive the COVID-19 vaccine for federal employees. The proposal also seeks to supplement such leave with “a couple of additional days of paid sick leave for any post-vaccination symptoms.”

It is likely that many states will follow suit in one way or another with their own variations on this type of leave. Some employers have already taken a lead by voluntarily providing paid leave for COVID-19 vaccinations, including Olive Garden, Trader Joe’s, Aldi and Dollar General.

NY Employers Stay Tuned: New Biometric Privacy Law on the Horizon

The new year has already brought new compliance challenges to New York employers. Another one may be looming on the horizon. On January 6, 2021 a bi-partisan group of NY state legislators introduced A.B. 27, the Biometric Privacy Act. It is a virtual copy of the Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act of 2008 (“BIPA”). Over the past dozen years since BIPA’s passage, Illinois has seen a slew of consumer and employee class actions alleging improper collection of biometric information by companies and employers. New York could be the next hot spot for these kinds of class action lawsuits. 

Statutory Prohibitions

The proposed statutory language defines biometric information and biometric identifiers broadly and includes retina or iris scans, fingerprints, voiceprints and facials scans. The language specifically excludes from the definition of biometric information writing samples, written signatures, photographs as well as certain patient information collected in a medical setting, etc.

The law would prohibit private entities from collecting, capturing, purchasing or receiving a person’s or customer’s biometric identifier or biometric information (as defined in the proposed act) absent informed consent about purpose, duration and type of information collected. It would also mandate the creation of written policies which are available to the public about the collecting company’s retention schedules and destruction guidelines.

The proposed act further prohibits the sale, leasing or trading or profiting from a person’s or customers biometric identifier or biometric information. It would also prohibit disclosure or re-disclosure of same absent consent or obligation to disclose under state, federal or municipalities and a few other exceptions. Lastly, it provides for a private right of action like its Illinois predecessor. The two other states that have enacted biometric privacy laws, Texas and Washington, provide for enforcement only by the respective states’ attorneys general.

Implications for Employers

    As is the case under BIPA, the proposed New York law would require employers to obtain a written release from the employee as a condition of employment prior to collecting biometric information (e.g., fingerprints) from employees for various employment-related purposes, be it time-keeping, security access or benefits/training tracking.

    While the passage of New York’s Biometric Privacy Act is not guaranteed as NY legislators have proposed biometric privacy legislation several times since 2018, employers should remain vigilant about this development and consider engaging in several proactive steps to be ahead of the curve should this proposal become law:

  • Employers should review their biometric collection capabilities, policies, and vulnerabilities with their Operations and IT departments, to better understand where, how, and of whom, biometric data is collected in the workplace.
  • Be prepared to update cyber security policies and practices with this newfound information. 
  • Work with Human Resources to become prepared to implement written releases for employees (current, and newly hired), if and when the proposed act becomes law.

New Biden Executive Orders Employers Should Know About

On January 20, 2021, during the first 24 hours of the new presidency, President Biden issued two sweeping executive orders that are likely to have implications for employers – and maybe all Americans –  in the future. These two orders represent a significant “reset” to the momentum of the prior administration in the area of diversity and discrimination, and set the tone for a new administration’s policies and laws.


Executive Order 13988 (“Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation”) relates to sex discrimination, notably LGBTQ protections.  This order codifies the recent holding in Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. ___ (2020), which held that Title VII “sex” discrimination covers discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation.  Notably, it also consider the perceived magnifying effects of “overlapping” forms discrimination, such as when sex discrimination intersects with racial discrimination or disability discrimination — for instance, stating that “transgender Black Americans face unconscionably high levels of workplace discrimination, homelessness, and violence, including fatal violence.”   The Order directs federal agencies to “self audit” and review existing programs and agency actions administered under Title VII or any other statute or regulation that prohibits sex discrimination to ensure the agency is taking appropriate steps to combat sex discrimination. 


Executive Order 13985 (“Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government”), predictably revoked President Trump’s September 22, 2020 Executive Order 13950, which had barred Federal contractors from providing diversity trainings that include race or sex stereotyping or “divisive concepts”.  But Biden’s order goes much further than policing the content of diversity training:  it asks federal agencies to conduct an “equity assessment” within Federal agencies to determine whether “underserved communities and their members face systemic barriers in accessing benefits and opportunities available pursuant to those policies and programs.” The order also provides a framework for allocating federal resources to “advance fairness and opportunity” and promoting the “equitable delivery of government benefits and equitable opportunities”.  The order establishes an “Interagency Working Group on Equitable Data” to assess the agency’s findings.


It will be interesting to see the implication of the Biden administration’s focus on “underserved” communities, and “systemic barriers” for discrimination law generally.  The policy focus of the new administration likely will pave the way for more employee-friendly changes to the law— possibly, new protected classes will emerge, or new legal theories or standards of proof for disparate treatment claims under Title VII will gain footing. It would also be unsurprising if, in light of these orders, Title VII’s definition of “sex” were formally amended to include gender identity and sexual orientation. While it’s too early to tell, it’s never too early to plan.  

DOL Publishes Final Rule on Independent Contractor Test

On January 6, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) finalized a proposed rule clarifying the distinction between employees and independent contractors. The final rule was published in the Federal Register on January 7, 2021. It is slated to take effect on March 8, 2021. 

As we discussed on September 22, 2020, this new rule reaffirms and streamlines the so-called “economic realities” test to determine whether an individual is an independent contractor or an employee, winnowing the test down to a slim 5-factor approach.  On its face, the rule appears to make it easier for employers to classify their workers as independent contractors.  

But employers should avoid relying on this new rule to reclassify employees as independent contractors:

  • First, it remains to be seen whether the incoming Biden administration will permit the final rule to take effect. The Biden administration is expected to take a much more aggressive position on wage-and-hour and misclassification issues, and is likely to engage in administrative or legislative maneuvering to put the brakes on the final implementation of the rule in March 2021.
  • Second, employers should remember that the rule only applies to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which governs federal minimum wage and overtime requirements.  Many state and local laws apply stricter tests to misclassification matters. In other words, a worker who may not have a wage and hour claim under FLSA might still have a wage and hour claim under state or local law, if he or she does not meet the higher state/local test for independent contractor classification. 
  • Third, courts may not necessarily follow the DOL’s interpretation. Though the rule will almost certainly be persuasive authority, courts are not obligated to follow it and may instead choose to follow the body of case law interpreting independent contractor status under the FLSA. 

Business owners and human resources professionals should take this opportunity to analyze existing independent contractor arrangements and contract templates in light of the new rule.  They should consider whether the arrangement or contract meets or fails the five factors test, and in appropriate cases, consider alternatives for reclassifying such workers as employees or shoring up the contractor classification.  Employers should also continue to follow legislative and political developments for changes once Biden takes office. 

Experienced employment counsel can help employers by analyzing these relationships, educating employees of their obligations under applicable law, and working with employers and their teams to craft and implement strategies to address areas of risk.   

If you have any questions about this article, or would like advice on addressing your workers’ employee/independent contractor status, please contact us at HRlawyers@wfpclaw.com or visit us at www.wfpclaw.com.