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 Mark Hunt is the partner in the Circulation/Distribution
Section of King & Ballow. He received his undergraduate degree from Louisiana State
University, where he graduated
with honors, and his law degree from the University of Tennessee
College of Law, with honors.
Mr. Hunt has focused his practice almost exclusively on legal issues which
confront newspaper companies. He has provided consultation and litigation
services to many of the over 300 newspapers King & Ballow has
represented. Over the years, he has dealt with the broad range of legal
problems confronting newspaper publishers and has authored numerous
publications which address those legal issues. He is a frequent speaker at
legal seminars and circulation trade association meetings.
Determining whether a worker is an independent contractor
or an employee of the company can be difficult. This difficulty arises
partly because courts and legislatures have not settled upon a universally
applicable standard for ascertaining "employee" v.
"independent contractor" status. In fact, individual laws may
provide somewhat divergent criteria for analyzing the issue. This
inconsistency is explainable, at least in part, by the fact that individual
laws are created for specific purposes. The legislature may design the test
for determining a worker's status in a manner that advances the purpose of
a particular law. Thus, as the purposes underlying legislation differ, the
test for determining if a worker is an independent contractor or an
employee likewise may differ. This course analyzes these differences and
poses "employee" v. "independent contractor" to
determine the advantages and disadvantages of both.
Click here to take this course.
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