New Rules for Contractor vs. Employee Classification

Contractor or Employee? Labor Department changes the rules again

“The big picture is that the new rule will slow down the effort by businesses to avoid laws that protect employees by classifying employees as ...

Employee or Independent Contractor? Department of Labor ...

Under the new rule, six relevant factors, which are non-exhaustive, must be analyzed and considered to determine whether a worker is an employee ...

What the DOL's new worker reclassification rule could mean ... - Marsh

A final rule released by the US Department of Labor (DOL) in early 2024 is expected to make it more difficult for companies to classify their workers as ...

Businesses Will Struggle to Classify Workers as Independent ...

The Biden administration officially rescinded a rule that made it easier to classify workers as independent contractors under federal wage and hour rules. In ...

Department of Labor Issues New Rule Regarding Classification of ...

The new rule is expected to make classifying workers as independent contractors more difficult. Industries that may be significantly impacted ...

DOL Issues Final Rule on Independent Contractor Classification

On January 9, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its final rule (the Final Rule) for determining whether a worker is an employee or ...

Employee or independent contractor? DOL issues new guidance

A new US Department of Labor (DOL) rule offers guidance for employers related to determining whether to classify a worker as an employee or independent ...

Classifying workers as independent contractors even less ...

The Department of Labor's final rule, Employee or Independent Contractor Classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act, “continues to ...

Off the Books Worker Misclassification - Missouri Department of Labor

When employees are working off the books, paid under the table in cash or improperly treated as independent contractors, they are considered misclassified ...

Legal Experts Weigh-in on Labor Department's Upcoming Worker ...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently indicated that the final version of the worker classification rule it proposed last year will be ...

Understanding the New Employee vs. Independent Contractor ...

The Department of Labor states that the new rule is designed to minimize the misclassification of employees as independent contractors, thereby ensuring that ...

What Employers Need to Know About Classification Rules

The new rule is likely to result in a wholesale reexamination of worker classification practices, especially in industries where independent contractors are ...

Department of Labor Issues Rule on Independent Contractor versus ...

The US Department of Labor (“DOL”) has updated its regulations concerning the classifications of Independent Contractors versus employees.

Are You Classifying Your Workers Properly? NFIB's New Guide to ...

With the Department of Labor's (DOL) new independent contractor rule going into effect this past March, it is more important than ever that ...

Independent Contractor vs. Employee: Rules Changes on Deck

Worker Classification Changes ... On January 10, 2024, the plot thickened. The United States Department of Labor published a new final regulation ...

Independent Contractor vs. Employee Status: The DOL Issues New ...

The final new rule closely shadows the proposed rule published in October 2022. According to the DOL, it continues the notion that a worker isn' ...

Defining the new independent contractor - Pit & Quarry

The seemingly never-ending debate over how workers should be classified – or label themselves – under federal labor and tax laws is heating ...

Questions and Answers Regarding the Department of Labor's New ...

Under this new rule, companies must look to the economic reality of the relationship to determine whether a worker should be classified as an employee or an ...

Understanding the DOL's New Worker Classification Rule, by Keith J ...

Employers will soon find it much harder to classify workers as independent contractors under the U.S. Department of Labor's (“DOL” or ...

Independent Contractor vs. Employee: DOL Announces Final Rule ...

The DOL's final rule provides a consistent approach for classifying employees versus independent contractors and helps limit the risk of worker ...