With the prevalence of companies providing ‘‘on demand’’ services today, the temptation to classify workers as independent contractors rather than employees has perhaps never been greater, attorneys Keith Covington and John P. Rodgers say in this BNA Insights article. However the Labor Department’s recent interpretive guidance is a signal that the DOL intends to go after those employers that wrongfully classify employees as independent contractors.

Originally published in Bloomberg BNA's Daily Labor Report, 169 DLR I-1, 09/01/2015.