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Enforcement Actions Proposed Rules Employee Definition

Cranfill Sumner LLP

We Can Work It Out: U.S. Department of Labor Pauses Reliance on 2024 Independent Contractor Rule in its Enforcement of Independent...

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is again signaling changes in how it will evaluate independent contractor relationships in its enforcement actions. In 2024, the department issued a final rule that revised the standards...more

Epstein Becker & Green

DOL Shelves Independent Contractor Rule

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On May 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (Division) issued Field Assistance Bulletin (FAB) No. 2025-1 (“FAB 2025-1”), announcing that it is currently working to reformulate the test as to...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

DOL reinstates Trump’s standard on independent contractors under FLSA

In recent years, the U.S. Department of Labor has regulated who is an independent contractor and who is an employee for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The substance of the regulations has whipsawed based on who was...more

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