This presentation will cover recent developments concerning independent contractor laws. There will be a discussion concerning the Department of Labor’s rescindment of a 2021 independent contractor rule, which it replaced with a multifactor analysis used by the courts, making it more likely that workers will be classified as employees. Additionally, we will cover the recent Atlanta Opera decision by the National Labor Relations Board, which also makes it significantly harder for businesses to classify workers as independent contractors.
Samantha Laine Caplinger
has been a Deputy County Attorney with the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office since 2013. She graduated from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in 2012. Currently, Samantha is assigned to the Sex Crimes Bureau where she handles cases involving sexually motivated crime, including the human trafficking of minors. Prior to working in the Sex Crimes Bureau, Samantha was assigned to the Community Based Prosecution Division where she handled a variety of cases involving crimes occurring in the southwest area of Maricopa County.
Lori A Guner
Alden A Thomas
Kristine Beaudoin, Perkins Coie LLP
was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, before attending college at Fordham University in New York City and Duke Law School in Durham, North Carolina. Kristie was a litigator at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in its New York and Washington, D.C. offices before moving back to Phoenix to join Perkins Coie LLP, where she specializes in employment law and commercial litigation. Kristie is an active member of the State Bar of Arizona, serving on the Labor & Employment Law Section’s CLE Committee and on the State Bar Convention Working Group. She frequently presents CLEs and authors articles on employment-related issues and is a regular contributor to the Workplace Rules podcast series, where leading experts discuss the most recent trends and regulations in employment.
Jacob Ryan Valdez