The trucking industry has strong opinions about regulators’ independent contractor classification rules. But how important are these rules? The classification concerns a regulation that has little ...

The Department of Labor has announced it is reviewing the Biden administration’s 2024 worker classification guidance, which directs employers on how to determine whether a worker is an employee or ...

We’ve written before about the “tennis match” that describes how, with changes in presidential parties, the Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed different tests to determine whether workers are ...

What the federal government considers an independent contractor vs. an employee is once again changing based on the change in administration. The U.S. Department of Labor is reviewing a 2024 ...

DOL Secretary Chavez DeRemer participated in ATA's Mid-Year Management Session keynote shortly after DOL shunned the 2024 independent contractor rule. The Department of Labor will no longer use the ...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s independent contractor final rule eluded — temporarily, at least — lawsuits seeking to block it ahead of its effective date Monday, giving rise to several compliance ...

As shutdown politics freeze Washington, a piece of legislation awaits what should be easy bipartisan support to permanently scrap a Biden-era regulation that created a legal nightmare for America’s 72 ...

Engaging independent contractors has many benefits for companies, but misclassifying these employees can pose significant financial risk. Companies and their counsel should stay up to date on the ...

Congress should consider statutory approaches to ease independent contractors’ access to employment benefits, Sen. Bill Cassidy, chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, ...

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