It has been almost a year since Jeannette Gonzalez and Tammy Kerce filed a lawsuit questioning whether Liveops violated Fair Labor Standards by considering its workers Independent Contractors instead of employees, which would then require Liveops to provide minimum wage and overtime pay. Unfortunately, many Liveops work at home agents considered this lawsuit to do more harm than good, and argued that when signing up for Liveops, they fully understood that they were only independent contractors. The results of this lawsuit could potentially deny Liveops' agents the flexibility that makes it such an amazing company to work for. Fortunately for these agents, the good news is finally out: Liveops resoundingly succeeded in court. According to a December 10, 2008 legal document from the United States District Court Northern District of Atlanta Division (with bolding added),
"This action having come before the court, Honorable Beverly B. Martin, United
States District Judge, and the court having determined that judgment may properly be
entered in favor of defendant LiveOps, Inc., it is
Ordered and Adjudged that the plaintiffs take nothing; that the defendant LiveOps,
Inc. recover its costs and fees of this action, and the action be, and the same hereby, is
dismissed."
This is excellent news for Liveops, since in addition to being ruled in favor of, the final order even awarded Liveops all court costs. Congratulations Liveops on your victory!
