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worker classification
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Who Is My Employee?
Don’t Read This Post (Read This Instead)
I didn’t post last week because I was waiting for the DOL’s new independent contractor rule to drop. And then it did. And I’m still focused on it. And businesses…
Labor and Employment Law Blog
U.S. Department of Labor Issues New Final Rule for Classifying Independent Contractors, Effective March 11, 2024
On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) published a final rule that imposes a new, six-factor test (see below) for determining whether workers are “independent contractors.” The…
Simple Justice
Seaton: The Delivery Driver Diaries, Part 1
Prefatory note: The following is a series of completely fictional stories I made up out of whole cloth. Just in case you don’t believe that names and places have been…
GT L&E Blog
DOL Unveils Final Independent Contractor Rule
By Nicholas SanFilippo, Shirin Afsous
On Jan. 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a long-awaited final rule concerning when employers can classify workers as independent contractors under federal law. This is the…
The Energy Law Blog
DOL Issues New Test for Employee/Independent Contractor Classification
By Thomas J. McGoey II, Ellen D. George
The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) has published its new final rule regarding whether workers are properly classified as employees, who are subject to the overtime and minimum wage protections…
Gulf Coast Business Law Blog
DOL Issues New Test for Employee/Independent Contractor Classification
By Thomas J. McGoey II, Ellen D. George, Liskow & Lewis
The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) has published its new final rule regarding whether workers are properly classified as employees, who are subject to the overtime and minimum wage protections…
Independent Contractor Misclassification & Compliance
Legally Nil, But Will Look a Lot Like a “Score”: Labor Department Issues Its Final Rule on Independent Contractor Status
By Richard Reibstein Esq. of Littler Mendelson P.C.
It has been well over a year since the U.S. Department of Labor issued its proposed rule entitled “Employee or Independent Contractor Classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act.” The…
Minnesota Wage & Hour
How to Determine if a Worker is an Employee or Independent Contractor? Department of Labor Issues Final Rule
On January 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced its much-anticipated final rule, revising the DOL’s guidance (this is my nice way of saying "administrative flip flopping") on…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
DOL Issues Final Rule Redefining Independent Contractor Standard
Breaking news! The US Department of Labor today released details of its long-awaited final rule addressing when employers can classify workers as independent contractors under federal labor law. The rule takes…
Law and the Workplace
White House Clears Independent Contractor Final Rule
By Allan Bloom
On January 2, 2024, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) completed its review of the U.S. Department of Labor’s final rule on independent contractor classification under the Fair…