EPI comments on DOL's proposed rulemaking on employee or ...

Lawsuits Challenge DOL's New Independent Contractor Rule

The new rule requires employers to use a multi-factor economic realities test when determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent ...

Board Issues Final Rule on Joint-Employer Status

The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was published by the Federal ... The Board received over 13,000 comments that it reviewed and considered in ...

5 Things Employers Should Know About the DOL's Proposed New ...

30, the U.S. Department of Labor issued its much-anticipated notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”) to update the Fair Labor Standards Act's ...

DOL Proposes (Potentially Temporary) Independent Contractor vs ...

DOL Proposes (Potentially Temporary) Independent Contractor vs. Employee Interpretations of FLSA · The Big Caveats: The Congressional Review Act ...

DOL Publishes New Rule for Determining Whether Individuals are ...

The Final Rule replaces the independent contractor test established by the Trump Administration DOL, and it returns to a more wholistic review ...

Workforce Protections - Department of Labor - NY.gov

Our legal team works hard to protect the rights of New York's workers and business owners by providing guidance and issuing opinions and decisions on the ...

April 14, 2021 Amy DeBisschop Division of Regulations, Legislation ...

2 Heidi Shierholz and Margaret Poydock, “EPI Comments on the Department of Labor's Proposed Rule Regarding Tip. Regulations,” comments submitted on behalf of ...

DOL's Upcoming Rules and Overtime Threshold

The DOL released its proposed rule Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional Outside Sales and Computer Employees on ...

Five Questions Companies Are Asking About DOL's New ...

The DOL states that a company's actions taken for purposes of compliance with laws and regulations do not weigh in favor of an employment ...

NAIFA Submits Comments on DOL's Proposed Independent ...

In response, the Department's proposal seeks to clarify and codify the circumstances under which a worker will qualify as an “employee” or an “ ...

Public Comments on Labor Department's Joint Employer Proposal

Under DOL's proposal to narrow its interpretation of joint-employer status, workers are less likely to know who their responsible employer is – making it more ...

DOL Issues Final Independent Contractor Rule - Frost Brown Todd

Employers should know that the new rule is likely to expand protections under the FLSA and limit the number of workers who will be considered ...

Analyzing the Impact of the Department of Labor's Rule on ...

The DOL does confirm that the primary benefits of the proposed rule come from rescinding the 2021 rule. However, as detailed later in this ...

Labor Department Issues New Independent Contractor Rule

The Final Rule rescinds an earlier rule (the “2021 Rule”) and, according to the DOL, replaces it with guidance that is more consistent with the ...

US Department of Labor Issues Proposed Rule on Independent ...

In addition, the DOL noted that the proposed rule would both preserve essential worker rights and provide for more consistency for employers, ...

Federal Register/Vol. 86, No. 47/Friday, March 12, 2021/Proposed ...

AGENCY: Wage and Hour Division,. Department of Labor. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; request for comments.

DOL Rule Making Regarding Employment Status - Whitfield & Eddy

The new rule rejects this finding, and instead returns to the framing of this factor as whether the worker's work is an “integral party” of the ...

Department of Labor's 2024 Independent Contractor Rule

Critics argue that the new rule may discourage the use of contract workers and will force companies to review their current contractor ...

Legal expert explains DOL's new Worker Classification Rule

“The DOL under the [Trump-Administration] decided to, in their words, simplify the [economic realities] test and focus on two [factors] in ...

DOL Announces Proposed Rule on Classifying Employees and ...

WHEN: DOL has placed the proposed regulations on a fast-track, with a plan to finalize the rule before January. Once the proposal is formally ...