Industry groups support the federal proposal to rescind a 2024 regulation that makes it harder for businesses to classify workers as independent contracts under the Fair Labor Standards Act. which ...

The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced a proposed change to the rule that defines whether a worker is an employee or ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has on a number of occasions indicated that there is no single rule or test for determining whether an individual is an independent contractor or an employee for purposes of the ...

The 2024 final rule creates an ambiguous and difficult-to-interpret standard for determining independent contractor status." ...

A proposed independent contractor rule from the Department of Labor returns to a Trump-era standard. The Department of Labor proposed a new independent contractor test that makes it easier for ...

The proposed ruling would be a win for the 400,000 drayage drivers who choose to work as independent contractors," said IANA CEO Anne Reinke.

In a widely expected move, the U.S. Department of Labor has withdrawn a rule published in the last days of the Trump administration that changed the definition of independent contractor. The U.S.

The Trump Administration’s final rule on independent contractor status was issued only days before the Biden Administration took office in 2021. The Biden Labor Department then delayed and ...

The trucking industry has strong opinions about regulators’ independent contractor classification rules. But how important are these rules? The classification concerns a regulation that has little ...

Oral arguments in Frisard’s Transportation LLC v. United States DOL were scheduled to begin early this month, but under the new administration, the Department of Labor secured a postponement. It is ...

The Department of Labor has announced it is reviewing the Biden administration’s 2024 worker classification guidance, which directs employers on how to determine whether a worker is an employee or ...