Employee or Independent Contractor Status in Virginia (On Demand Seminar)

A pre-recorded streaming AUDIO replay of the August 2020 webcast, Employee or Independent Contractor Status in Virginia.

Independent contractor status has become a hotly contested legal issue. In the past year alone many states, including Virginia, amended their independent contractor laws in an effort to reduce independent contractor misclassification. Virginia’s new misclassification laws, among other things, provide a private right of action for misclassification, establish a presumption of employee status, and set the standard for testing independent contractor status in Virginia. This seminar will provide practical information about how these new laws will impact those businesses using independent contractors, and in doing so:

• Survey the current state of independent contractor litigation nationally
• Provide an overview of Virginia’s new misclassification law
• Discuss a practical approach for assessing independent contractor status under Virginia’s new laws
• Identify ways to quantify potential exposure for misclassification in Virginia
• Address arbitration in the independent contractor context

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Adam L. Lounsbury, Jackson Lewis PC / Richmond
Adam L. Lounsbury is a Principal in the Richmond, Virginia, office of Jackson Lewis PC. He advises clients about the structure of their independent workforce arrangements, and defends businesses in class and collective actions against alleged wage and hour violations resulting from independent contractor misclassification and other workplace-related claims. Over the course of his career, he has represented financial institutions, automobile and consumer product manufacturers, and companies in the transportation, insurance, tech, travel, healthcare, and hospitality industries.