by Tim Coffield | Mar 12, 2024 | FLSA, Insights, Minimum Wages, Misclassification, Overtime, Supreme Court Cases, Wages
In Bartels v. Birmingham, 332 U.S. 126, 67 S. Ct. 1547 (1947), the Supreme Court held that members of musical bands were employees of the bands’ leaders, rather than of the operators of the dance halls where the bands played, within the meaning of the Social Security...
by Tim Coffield | Sep 18, 2023 | FLSA, Insights, Minimum Wages, Misclassification, Overtime, Supreme Court Cases, Wages
In United States v. Silk, 331 U.S. 704 (1947), the Supreme Court applied a multi-factor test for determining whether workers were independent contractors or employees. The case is important because, inter alia, these “Silk factors” came to be applied in cases under...
