June 17, 2024
The Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that it lacks jurisdiction over a worker's challenge of a district court's decision refusing to reopen his suit claiming a janitorial franchising company misclassified workers as independent contractors.
February 16, 2024
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for Ninth Circuit oral arguments in a pair of cases against janitorial franchising company Coverall North America Inc. Here's a look at those cases and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
April 21, 2023
The Ninth Circuit rejected a janitorial franchising company's bid to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction a worker's appeal of a lower court's dismissal of his suit alleging the company misclassified him as an independent contractor.
March 21, 2023
A cleaner asked the Ninth Circuit to reverse a California federal court's refusal to reopen his case, which accuses a janitorial franchising company of misclassifying him as an independent contractor, after he asked to close the case and file an appeal, saying the denial put his suit in a "Catch-22" situation.
February 23, 2023
The workers in two separate but related suits claiming that a cleaning company misclassified them as independent contractors asked the Ninth Circuit to hear their cases together before the same panel, saying their matters present overlapping issues.