September 27, 2023
7-Eleven says the Massachusetts public records law entitles it to copies of correspondence between counsel for a group of its franchisees and the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, which filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a proposed worker misclassification class action.
April 21, 2023
Franchisors' fears that a pair of employment law appellate decisions in Massachusetts would make their business model unworkable haven't come to fruition as a narrow but workable path forward has emerged, experts told Law360 at the rulings' first anniversary.
April 26, 2022
Five 7-Eleven franchisees can argue again in Massachusetts federal court that they were misclassified as independent contractors, the First Circuit ruled after the commonwealth's high court found no conflict between the state's worker classification law and federal franchise laws.
April 04, 2022
The First Circuit asked 7-Eleven and five franchisees why it shouldn't vacate a lower court's ruling that the store owners cannot be deemed employees under a Massachusetts worker classification law because the regulation clashes with federal franchise laws, following a decision from the commonwealth's high court that found no conflict.
September 17, 2021
A pair of federal cases in California and Massachusetts could clarify whether a bright-line worker classification test applies to the franchise business model, attorneys told Law360.
August 10, 2021
The First Circuit will turn to Massachusetts' highest court to help decide whether the state's independent contractor law would result in 7-Eleven franchisees being classified as employees.
July 28, 2021
The First Circuit on Wednesday suggested it might turn to Massachusetts' top court to help sort out whether 7-Eleven franchisees should be classified as employers under the state's Wage Act.
May 24, 2021
A Massachusetts worker classification test that would demonstrate 7-Eleven franchisees are employees of the convenience store chain does not conflict with federal franchise requirements, the franchise owners argued in a filing in the First Circuit.
April 20, 2021
The First Circuit should uphold a district court ruling that rejected 7-Eleven franchise owners' claims that the amount of control the company had over their work meant they should be considered its employees under a Massachusetts law, the convenience chain has urged in a brief.