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Employee Handbooks: Is your Arbitration Clause Valid?

Recently, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Coady v. Nationwide Motor Sales Corp issued an opinion regarding the enforceability of Nationwide Motor Sales Corporation’s arbitration agreement contained in the company’s employee handbook. Applying Maryland contract law, the Fourth Circuit held that Nationwide’s arbitration agreement failed because the signature page found within the same document […]

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Contract Employees

What is a Contract Employee?

Are Contract Employees Actually Employees? We frequently receive questions about “contract employees.” However, usually these workers are not employees at all; they are independent contractors performing services for a business pursuant to a services agreement or independent contractor agreement. Unlike employees, independent contractors don’t receive benefits, taxes aren’t deducted from their compensation, they usually have

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