454 U.S. 170 (1981) Cited 79 times 2 Legal Analyses
In Hendricks, the Supreme Court approved the Board's "labor-nexus" rule as determinative of whether or not a worker is to be deemed a confidential employee.
Finding the following facts, among many others, to be indicative of an independent contractor relationship: the employer does not "exercise any control over the drivers' dress or appearance" or "require the tractors to be of any specific type, size, or color"