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A Powerful “One-Two” Punch: NLRB and DOL Signal Contractor Classification Crackdown

Benesch on 2/11/2022

Transportation providers would do well to pay close attention to twin developments unfolding before the NLRB and the DOL that could have a very detrimental effect on those providers who use independent contractors as drivers,...more

Favorable FLSA Joint Employment Test to Take Effect Mid-March

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC on 1/22/2020

In its first major overhaul of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (“FLSA”) joint employer standard since the 1950s, the Department of Labor has brought some clarity to the definition of this relationship after decades of varying...more

Department of Labor Issues Final Joint-Employer Regulation

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/15/2020

On January 12, 2020, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division released the final changes to its joint-employer regulation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Originally proposed in April 2019, the updated...more

Pain Relief In Sight: DOL Issues Final Joint-Employer Rule

ArentFox Schiff on 1/14/2020

On January 12, 2020, the US Department of Labor (Department or DOL) announced that it is issuing a Final Rule that will update and revise its regulations issued under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA or the Act) that...more

U.S. DOL Proposes New Joint Employer Test

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers on 6/20/2019

Employers often struggle to determine whether they might be considered “joint employers” with other entities under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is proposing new guidance on this...more

The Tug-Of-War Continues: DOL Proposes New Rule to Provide a Clear Definition of “Joint Employer” Under the Fair Labor Standards...

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 4/18/2019

On April 9, 2019, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking aimed at clarifying the circumstances under which a business can be classified as a joint employer under the Fair Labor Standards Act...more

No Fooling: DOL Announces Joint-Employer Proposal

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/2/2019

On April 1, 2019, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it will publish a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend its existing regulations regarding joint employment under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)....more

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