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Inside Jobs
Labor Department Addresses Worker Misclassification
By Amy N. Moore
The classification of workers as employees or independent contractors is an ongoing headache for employers. Different government agencies use different tests to determine a worker’s status. The one thing the…
Global Workplace Insider
Employee or independent contractor: too much of a good thing?
By Russell Kott
On July 15, 2015, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued a memorandum on “The Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s ‘Suffer or Permit’ Standard in the Identification…
Michigan HR News and Resources
DOL Again Pushes Back on Independent Contractor Status
"Most workers are employees under the FLSA’s broad definitions," affirmed the Department of Labor statement on July 15th and that they will enforce this standing position.They stated, “Misclassification of employees as independent contractors is…
Wage & Hour Law Update
Second Circuit Holds That Contract Attorney Properly Alleged Misclassification Claim
Reversing Judge Richard J. Sullivan’s 2014 decision, a panel of the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled today that a contract attorney who provided document review services on…
School Law
The Department of Labor Says Most Workers Are Employees, Not Independent Contractors
By Gary S. Starr, Henry J. Zaccardi
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued an Administrator’s Interpretation letter on the topic of misclassification of employees as independent contractors. Their conclusion is that “most workers are employees…
Franchise Law Update
DOL Issues Guidance on Worker Misclassification
The Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor has issued the much-anticipated Administrator's Interpretation on Misclassification. As the guidance makes clear, employers misclassifying employees as independent contractors remains…
Labor & Employment Insights
Employees vs. Independent Contractors: The DOL Weighs in on Worker Misclassification
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued an Administrator’s Interpretation that provides some important new guidance on the standard for classifying workers—as employees or independent contractors—under the Fair Labor…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
DOL Declares That Most Workers are Employees, Not Independent Contractors
By Ilya Batikov
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued an Administrator’s Interpretation discussing the misclassification of employees as independent contractors. In this guidance, the DOL takes the position that “most workers are…
Employment & Labor
Department of Labor launches into the Independent Contractor debate
Amidst the ongoing battle for how the sharing economy should define its workers, the Department of Labor stepped in yesterday with their own “guidance” on the issue. The memo addresses…
Wage & Hour Law Update
USDOL Issues Administrative Interpretation Reflecting Administration’s View Of “Independent Contractor” Analysis Under FLSA
As previously promised, the Department of Labor today issued its eighth Administrator’s Interpretation (“AI”) since the 2010 implementation of this form of guidance. Today’s Interpretation, as expected, reflects the current…