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 ...

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As with other DOL regulations adopted during the Biden administration, the Trump administration seems poised to ditch the independent contractor rule. A shift on the subject would extend a regulatory ...

Though the agency has not fully rescinded the 2024 rule, it indicated it will return to a simpler standard to define an independent worker. The DOL announced it would no longer enforce a rule ...

The U.S. Department of Labor advanced a proposal Wednesday to update its independent contractor classification standard under the Fair Labor Standards Act, according to a notice posted by the White ...

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 ...

Only employees (not independent contractors) are covered under the FLSA’s regulations on minimum wages, overtime and record-keeping. So, in order to comply with federal labor laws, employers need to ...

The final DOL rule threatens the independent status advisors 'rely on...as they build their businesses,' says FSI CEO Dale Brown. By Mark Schoeff Jr. One of the leading opponents of a Department of ...

The agency has not been enforcing the 2024 rule and will consider a new one, using pre-2024 standards in the meantime. The Department of Labor will replace the current Independent Contractor Rule, ...

The news marks a key signal for employment law watchers in a long-contested policy area. DOL’s independent contractor regulations — also known as its “gig worker” regulations — set forth the criteria ...