January 19, 2023
The Ninth Circuit won't reexamine a panel's decision finding that 7-Eleven didn't misclassify four franchise owners as independent contractors, turning down Thursday the owners' bid to give their expense claims another try.
December 12, 2022
The Ninth Circuit ruled it won't revive four 7–Eleven franchise owners' expense claims in their suit claiming they were misclassified as independent contractors, saying a recent decision the appeals court issued makes it clear a wage order doesn't cover those outlays.
November 17, 2022
Convenience store chain 7-Eleven and franchise owners disagreed on whether a Ninth Circuit ruling could determine the fate of the workers' suit claiming they were misclassified as independent contractors, squabbling over which test applies to expense claims at stake on appeal.
November 03, 2022
The Ninth Circuit asked 7-Eleven and four franchise owners to address whether two rulings the appeals court handed down this year move the needle in the workers' suit claiming they were misclassified as independent contractors.
May 03, 2022
A California federal court correctly applied a precursor of the state's ABC test to determine whether four 7-Eleven franchise owners were misclassified as independent contractors, 7-Eleven told the Ninth Circuit, arguing that the predecessor covers the three prongs the ABC test has.
February 24, 2022
A California federal court should have applied the state's ABC test for worker classification to determine whether four 7-Eleven franchise owners were misclassified as independent contractors, the workers told the Ninth Circuit, arguing that the lower court erred by applying the test's predecessor.