AARP Weighs In On Classification Of Agents As Independent Contractors

Mealey's (March 11, 2019, 9:27 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — In a March 6 amicus curiae brief, AARP told the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that it should grant a Feb. 26 petition for en banc rehearing filed by an Employee Retirement Income Security Act plaintiff class in a dispute over classification by American Family Insurance Co. of its insurance agents as independent contractors (Walid Jammal, et al. v. American Family Insurance Company, et al., No. 17-4125, 6th Cir.)....