Billy Robicheaux v. Radcliff Material, Inc., a Subsidiary of Southern Industries Corporation

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• recognizing that the defendant exercised “substantial if not complete control over the hours worked and the jobs done by the welders”
• holding that welders were “employees” even though their employment contract stated that they were independent con- tractors and they had filed their tax returns as “self-employed”
• holding that welders were “employees” even though their employment contract stated that they were independent con- tractors and they had filed their tax returns as “self-employed”
• noting that employee welders exercised little initiative and planning respecting their skills as welders
• declining to exercise “any power we might have under Fed. R.App. P. 2 to suspend the requirement for a timely cross-appeal, Fed. R.App. P. 4(a)(3)”
• classifying welders who worked from ten months to three years almost exclusively for one company as employees

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