New Jersey Appellate Court holds that Owners of Single-Member LLCs Can Be Independent Contractors and not Employees for Purposes of Unemployment Fund Contributions Under New Jersey’s “ABC” Test

In a big win for employers, the New Jersey Appellate Division issued a published decision holding that single-member LLCs can be independent contractors and not employees for purposes of unemployment fund contributions under New Jersey’s “ABC” Test in East Bay Drywall, LLC v. Department of Labor & Workforce Development, N.J. Super. (App. Div. 2021). A copy of the opinion can be found here. In so doing, it rejected a presumption articulated by the Commissioner of Labor that...
By: Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.

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