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New Federal Agency Rules Complicate Worker Classification


Final Rule: Employee or Independent Contractor Classification ...

On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor published a final rule, effective March 11, 2024, revising the Department's guidance on how to analyze who ...

New Federal Agency Rules Complicate Worker Classification

The US Labor Department (DOL) published a final rule with new guidance on how to analyze who is an employee and who is an independent contractor.

Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair ...

In January 2021, the Department published a rule titled “Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act” (2021 IC Rule), ...

2024 FLSA Worker Classification Rule—Information for Potential ...

The U.S. Department of Labor published a final rule, effective March 11, 2024, revising the Department's guidance on how to analyze whether a worker is an ...

U.S. Department of Labor Finalizes Worker Classification Rule

On Jan. 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Wage and Hour Division announced its final rule on Employee or Independent Contractor Classification.

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

... complex totality-of-the-circumstances analysis of the economic reality test for determining proper worker classification. Under this ...

New DOL Rule Makes it Harder to Classify Workers as Independent ...

The Department of Labor's "new" rule for classifying workers as employees or independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act took ...

Businesses Will Struggle to Classify Workers as Independent ...

The new rule will reinstate a more complex analysis that focuses on the “totality of the circumstances” to determine whether a worker is an employee or ...

The Department of Labor Issues New Final Rule for Independent ...

This standard will be applied under the FLSA regardless of whether a worker wishes and agrees to be classified as an independent contractor ...

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 ...

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

10, 2024, the US Department of Labor (“DOL”) published its final rule on employee or independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor ...

The Department of Labor Issues New Rules on Employee ...

On January 10, 2024, the US Department of Labor (DOL) published its highly anticipated “final rule” on independent contractor classifications.

U.S. Department of Labor Issues Proposed Worker Classification Rule

The proposed rule, the latest in a tumultuous line of regulations on the independent contractors topic, would establish a framework for applying a redrawn ...

Independent Contractor Classification: Navigating the New DOL ...

Determining whether to classify workers as independent contractors or employees remains a complex and risky decision for counsel and employers ...

Department of Labor Announces New Worker Classification Final Rule

The final rule replaces the DOL's proposed 2021 independent contractor rule (the “2021 IC Rule”). The 2021 IC Rule upended the traditional ...

Labor Department Cements Rule Change on Gig Worker Status (1)

The US Department of Labor released a final rule Tuesday that will make it harder for companies to classify workers as independent ...

Classifying workers as independent contractors even less ...

who are not already following stricter state laws on worker classification to use a more complex multi-factor analysis when determining whether ...

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 ...

Insights on DOL Proposed Worker Classification Rules

The DOL's new proposed worker classification rules ... The differences from agency to agency and from federal to state laws further complicate ...

Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair ...

The U.S. Department of Labor (the Department) is proposing to modify Wage and Hour Division regulations to revise its analysis for ...