One common “joint employer” allegation which has been regularly rejected by courts is that a regional cable provider is a joint employer of its installation subcontractors’ employees or contractor installers, due to the alleged business or operational control the cable provider exerts over the subcontractor in how installation work is performed. A Missouri
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Reversing District Court, Eleventh Circuit Orders Trial of Cable Installers’ Claims of Misclassification Under FLSA
By Noel P. Tripp on
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In a lengthy analysis of the “economic realities” test as applied to cable installers, the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich of the Middle District of Florida’s 2012 decision finding cable installers to be properly classified as independent contractors. Scantland, et al. v. Jeffry Knight, Inc., et al.…