Sharon Thomas
Senior Editorial Director
Recent Articles
Japan moves to eliminate term limit on temp worker assignments
24 June 2015
A bill to revise a law that limits how long companies can keep a temp on assignment passed the House of Representatives last week.
OSHA to provide temp worker safety program update
10 June 2015
At an OSHA committee meeting this month, the Temporary Workers Work Group will provide an update and deliver recommendations on workplace protections for temporary workers.
Sawmill’s ‘willful’ safety violation costs temp’s arm
3 June 2015
A Georgia sawmill faces fines after an accident resulted in an amputation for a temp worker.
Long Island companies settle with DOL
21 April 2015
Four Long Island heating and plumbing companies have settled a wage and hour dispute with the US Department of Labor that includes the misclassification of at least 25 workers as independent contractors.
DOL to beef up enforcement staff
14 April 2015
The US Department of Labor's budget includes more than $31 million for additional staff to combat wage and hour and independent contractor classification compliance.
OSHA finalizes whistleblower protection rules, seeks advisory committee nominations
25 March 2015
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration finalized its rules for the handling of Sarbanes-Oxley Act-related whistleblower retaliation complaints; separately, it is seeking nominations for members to serve on its Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee.
Uber and Lyft IC classification cases to go to juries
18 March 2015
Last week, judges in two independent contractor classification suits — those against Uber and Lyft — said juries must determine plaintiff’s employment status. The cases can have far-reaching repercussions for online staffing platforms and companies that use them and 1099 workers.
Western provinces to be hurt most by temp foreign worker reduction
11 March 2015
Canada’s plan to reduce the number of temporary foreign workers coming into the country — and being used overall — will not have the desired effect, warns a new report from the Canada West Foundation.
NY Joint Task Force finds millions in unreported wages, UI contributions in 2014
11 February 2015
A New York Task Force identified nearly 26,000 instances of employee misclassification, amounting to more than $300 million in unreported wages and unpaid unemployment insurance contributions.
One temp dies, another injured in fish oil plant explosion
28 January 2015
OSHA has cited four companies following an explosion that killed one temporary worker and injured another at a Mississippi fish oil plant last summer.