Board Extends Time for Filing Briefs in Velox Express

Washington, DC — To aid in the consideration of the issues raised in Velox Express, Inc. (15-CA-184006), the Board has extended the time for filing amicus briefs. The submission window is currently open and parties and interested amici now have until Monday, April 30, 2018 to file briefs. The original submission deadline was Monday, April 16, 2018.
On February 15, 2018, the National Labor Relations Board invited the filing of briefs in order to allow parties and interested amici an opportunity to address the issues raised in Velox Express, Inc. Briefs should address under what circumstances, if any, the Board should deem an employer’s act of misclassifying statutory employees as independent contractors a violation of Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act.
Briefs from parties and interested amici must be submitted on or before April 30, 2018.
Click here to read the notice and invitation to file briefs.
Click here for a list of case participants.