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Gayle Athanacio, CLE Instructor on Independent Contractor, Joint Employment, and Misclassification Litigation

News
July 26, 2019

We are proud to announce that Gayle Athanacio has been selected as a member of the faculty for an in-depth CLE course focusing on Independent Contractor, Joint Employment & Misclassification Litigation 2019.

About the program

California Employers and Litigators have wrestled for years over how to classify independent contractors and employees and which employees are exempt. In Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court, the California Supreme Court has provided guidance in regards to independent contractor/employee classification with the adoption of the ABC test for determining how to classify an employee or independent contractor. Issues relating to exempt or non-exempt status of workers continues to be fertile ground for litigation in California. This focused program will look in detail at these issues as well as at liability, damages in these cases, settlement.

Topics include

  • An overview of Independent Contractor and Exemption Claims & Use of the ABC Test
  • The Many Pitfalls and Liability of Misclassification
  • Litigating PAGA Actions
  • Damages & Penalties in Exemption and Misclassification Cases
  • Settling Simple and Complex Exemption & Misclassification Cases

Time & Location

9:00 am – 2:45 pm

San Francisco Marriott Union Square
480 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA 94108

Registration

Interested in attending? Please visit the registration page, found here, and be sure to say hello!

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