Companies routinely use independent contractors for special projects and isolated assignments as a way to cut down on the normal costs connected to hiring full time W-2 employees. However, companies ...

The FLSA’s independent contractor regulations, as with so many of the federal laws under DOL’s enforcement purview, have been subject to a veritable table tennis match between presidential ...

On Jan. 10, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published final regulatory guidance addressing the classification of workers as independent contractors under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ...

The Biden administration and organized labor say a newly proposed rule reframing how employers determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor should create more consistency for ...

The National Labor Relations Board reinstated an Obama-era independent contractor test Tuesday, departing from a more employer-friendly test adopted during the Trump administration. The Board held ...

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