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• SEC Expected to Approve Final NYSE Corporate Governance Listing Standards ( October 2003 )
  

  Completing a process that began in June 2002, the SEC is expected to approve the New York Stock Exchange’s new corporate governance listing standards. This Advisory discusses the proposed standards as published by the NYSE on October 9, 2003. In most cases, listed companies must comply with the new standards in time for their 2004 annual meeting.

• SEC Expected to Approve Final Nasdaq Corporate Governance Standards ( October 2003 )
  

  On October 9, 2003, The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. filed an amendment to its proposed listing standards concerning director independence and other corporate governance matters with the SEC. As a general rule, listed companies will need to be in compliance with the new rules prior to their 2004 annual shareholders meeting. Although widely expected to be in final form at this time, the proposals must be approved by the SEC before becoming final, and the SEC could require further revisions.

• Are Your Independent Contractors Really Employees?Under Some Laws They Will Be Treated As Such ( September 2003 )
  

  Employee versus independent contractor status is not only an issue with respect to classification for IRS purposes, but with respect to classification under other laws as well.

• Montana Legislature Considering Several Bills of Interest to Employers ( March 2003 )
  

  Although no labor or employment legislation has yet been enacted into law, the Montana Legislature is considering several bills of interest to employers.

• Who Is an Employee? Who is an Independent Contractor ( January 2000 )
  

  This article reviews the factors that are taken into account when determining if a worker is considered an employee or an independent contractor.

• Employee or Independent Contractor? The Implications of Microsoft III ( February 2000 )
  

  This article summarizes the implications of the Microsoft III case and how to avoid misclassifying an employee as an independent contractor.

• Overtime Laws ( June 2000 )
  

  More changes to overtime laws. In case you haven't noticed, the laws relating to overtime pay are complicated and .

• Independent Contractors in Illinois ( May 2000 )
  

  Common law rules define employer-employee relationship—a worker is an employee under the common law rules if the person for whom he works has the right to direct and control his work both as to the final results and as to the details of when, where and how the work is to be done, regardless of whether control is actually exercised

• Recent Developments On Contingent Worker Benefits ( October 1999 )
  

  This article summarizes the Ninth Circuit's decision in Vizcaino v. United States District Court (Microsoft Corporation) whereby the Court held that contingent workers (independent contractors and temporary agency employees) are entitled to retroactive stock purchase rights.

• Is your independent contractor really an employee? ( February 2000 )
  

  This article outlines when a worker is considered an independent contractor under California law. Employers often misclassify workers as independent contractors when they really should be classified as employees and this gives rise to serious consequences to the employer.