Legal Opinion
Bradley v. Vox Media, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 4, 2018No. Civil Action No. 17-1791 (RMC)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, United States District Judge
How much employer control is required for an independent contractor to be considered an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. ? That is the question raised by a purported class of employees who provide blogging and supervision services to Vox Media, Inc. (Vox) on its various sports blogs. Before the Court may address that question, Vox moves for partial dismissal to limit Plaintiffs' claims to the two-year, rather than three-year, statute of limitations provided by the FLSA. Vox argues that…
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