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DOL Abandons 2024 Independent Contractor Test

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What You Need to Know - The U.S. Department of Labor has announced it will no longer enforce the 2024 independent contractor rule under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), reverting to the more employer-friendly 2008...more

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U.S. Department of Labor Announces It Will No Longer Enforce 2024 Independent Contractor Rule

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On May 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Field Assistance Bulletin confirming that it will no longer enforce a 2024 Biden-era independent contractor rule. The 2024 rule defined “independent contractor”...more

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January 2023 AFS Privacy Report: Colorado Department of Law Issues Updated Draft CPA Rules

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Colorado Department of Law Issues Draft CPA Revisions - On December 22, the Colorado Department of Law issued updates to the draft Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) rules. These revisions build on written comments and feedback from...more

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DOL Rolls Back Trump Administration’s Independent Contractor Rule

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Employers who have been following the Department of Labor’s (DOL) guidance on independent contractors may feel that they are sitting on a playground seesaw. As we previously reported this past January, in the waning days...more

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Massachusetts Issues Guidance on When Contractors and Other Workers Count Towards the ‘25 Covered Individuals’ Threshold

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As we previously reported, the Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave (“DFML”) has been providing on-going substantive and procedural regulations and guidance to effectuate the state’s Paid Family and Medical...more

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DOL Issues Guidance on Payroll Rounding, Overtime Calculations, and Certain Paralegals

Employers looking for guidance on payroll rounding practices, classification of certain highly compensated paralegals and calculating overtime where employees receive non-discretionary bonuses will be glad to know the...more

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Be Warned: Federal Guidance on Misclassification States that “Most Workers Are Employees,” Not Independent Contractors

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On July 15, 2015, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) released official guidance addressing the misclassification of employees as independent contractors. The guidance, Administrator’s Interpretation No. 2015-1...more

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DOL Issues Guidance Concluding that Most Workers are Employees Under the FLSA

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The Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued new guidance addressing independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In Administrator’s Interpretation No. 2015-1, the DOL interprets the...more

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Independent Contractor or Employee: DOL’s Latest Guidance on Employee Status

On July 15, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued guidance on determining whether a worker is an independent contractor in the form of an “Administrator’s Interpretation.” Describing independent contractor...more

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DOL Issues New Guidance Regarding the Misclassification of Employees as Independent Contractors

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On July 15, 2015, David Weil, the Administrator for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Wage and Hour Division, issued an Administrator’s Interpretation aimed at addressing the misclassification of employees as independent...more

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