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US DOL Restores Obama|Era Independent Contractor Standard


US DOL Restores Obama-Era Independent Contractor Standard

The new rule restores the Obama administration's standard of evaluating six equally-weighted factors when determining whether a worker should be considered an ...

US Department of Labor announces final rule on classifying workers ...

The new “independent contractor” rule restores the multifactor analysis used by courts for decades, ensuring that all relevant factors are ...

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 ...

Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair ...

The U.S. Department of Labor (the Department) is modifying Wage and Hour Division regulations to replace its analysis for determining ...

U.S. Department of Labor updates rules for independent contractors

Effective April 1, 2024, an independent contractor working in Illinois who is assigned to work at a third-party client for more than 90 calendar ...

Employee or Independent Contractor? DOL Announces Final Rule ...

Under the Trump-era rule, courts and employers could classify workers as independent contractors based upon just two factors – even if the ...

U.S. Department of Labor Finalizes Worker Classification Rule

... rule on Employee or Independent Contractor Classification. The announcement marks the ... The DOL's initial attempt to withdraw the Trump-era rule was ...

Department of Labor Proposes New Rule for Independent ...

Department of Labor Proposes New Rule for Independent Contractor Status ... Updated October 25, 2022: The DOL has extended the comment period for ...

DOL Publishes Final Independent Contractor Rule (US)

As expected, the final rule rescinds the employer-friendly “core factors”[1] standard announced by the DOL during the waning days of the Trump ...

Department of Labor Rule on Employee Classification

... independent contractor. The rule goes into effect March 11 ... The new DOL rule restores the six-factor “economic realities” test used ...

Millions of gig workers could qualify as employees under new Biden ...

The new rule rescinds a Trump-era rule from 2021 that made it easier for employers to classify workers as independent contractors, marking one ...

Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

The U.S. Department of Labor (the Department) is revising its interpretation of independent ... Federal standard the Department is seeking ...

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

On October 11, 2022, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced a proposed rule that would reinstate the “economic reality” test for ...

Department of Labor Changes Independent Contractor Standards

The US Department of Labor is changing the standards under which an individual can be treated as an Independent Contractor, effective March 11, 2024.

DOL's New Independent Contractor Rule: A Return to 2020

It's been a bumpy road for the federal rules on independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act. In the courts, the test ...

DOL WHD Independent Contractor Rule Facing Legal Challenges

Designed to combat misclassification, the final rule rescinds DOL's Trump-era Independent Contractor Rule issued in January 2021 and restores ...

U.S. Department of Labor Rescinds Trump-Era Joint Employer Rule

[16] DOL, US Secretary of Labor Withdraws Joint Employment, Independent Contractor ... restore its August 2015 standard or adopt a more expansive rule than ...

HRDef: Out With The Old, In With The… Old? DOL Releases “New ...

The rule reflects the DOL of the Biden Administration reverting to its Obama-era guidance after relaxing the independent contractor standard ...

The Labor Department's Independent Contractor Rule Has Little if ...

The Biden Administration's Labor Department earlier today issued a proposed regulation that seeks to define the worker classification test ...

DOL Enforcement - Wage and Hour Defense Blog

As we previously discussed, in early January 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a Final Rule regarding independent contractor status ...