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Employers Still Need to Abide 2024 Independent Contractor Rule Despite DOL Hints of Dropping It

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In recent court filings in several ongoing lawsuits, the Department of Labor (DOL) has indicated that it will reconsider its 2024 independent contractor rule issued by the Biden Administration and may issue a new rule. The...more

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Trump DOL Signals a Back-off from Defending Independent Contractor Rule

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The Trump Administration has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to postpone oral argument in a lawsuit challenging President Joe Biden’s 2024 independent contractor rule. The U.S. Department of Justice...more

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Navigating Executive Orders: Insights and What Lies Ahead

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On January 20, 2025, a new administration took control of the Executive Branch of the federal government, and it has signaled that it will make aggressive use of executive orders....more

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White House Takes Aim at Inefficient Business Practices Through “Time Is Money” Initiative: 5 Things Employers Should Do

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The Biden Administration wants to crack down on corporate practices that it believes waste consumers’ time and money through excessive paperwork, long wait times, and other aggravations – and you’ll want to take note so you...more

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The Biden Administration Issued Its Fall 2023 Regulatory Agenda – What Can We Expect From the DOL Wage and Hour Division’s...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 6, 2023, the Biden Administration announced the release of its Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division continues to...more

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No More Surprise Medical Bills: Biden Administration Issues New Surprise Billing Rulemaking Proposing Batching and Procedural...

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*This is the 12th article in a series analyzing the No Surprises Act and its implementation. To view the entire series, click here. A link to the proposed rule is here.  As background, Congress passed the Act to prevent...more

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White House Issues Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence

On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued a comprehensive Executive Order directing several federal agencies to undertake numerous initiatives related to artificial intelligence (AI). The Executive Order includes several...more

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No More Surprise Medical Bills: Biden Administration Issues New Rule Governing Arbitration Fees and Takes First Step to Restarting...

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On September 21, 2023, the US Departments of Treasury (DOT), Labor (DOL), and Health and Human Services (HHS) (the Departments) issued new rulemaking governing the administrative fee required to access the arbitration process...more

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Biden Administration's DOL Rule Enabling Investment Advisors to Consider ESG Factors Survives Judicial Challenge

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On September 21, 2023, Judge Kacsmaryk (N.D. Texas), a famously conservative Trump-appointed jurist, upheld a Department of Labor rule promulgated by the Biden Administration that enables employee retirement plans to consider...more

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No More Surprise Medical Bills: In Another Victory for Providers, Texas Court Vacates Administrative Fee and Batching Provisions...

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On August 3, 2023, health care providers in Texas scored yet another victory when a federal court vacated additional portions of the Biden Administration’s rules governing fee collection and claim batching under the federal...more

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Mental Health Parity Act: Biden Administration Issues Long-Awaited Rulemaking Cracking Down on Treatment Limitations

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On July 25, 2023, the US Departments of Labor (DOL), Treasury (DOT), and Health and Human Services (HHS) (the Departments) released a much-anticipated interim final rule to ensure that group health plans comply with the...more

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Biden Department of Labor Proposes $15 Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors

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Overview  As previously discussed here, pursuant to Executive Order 14026 signed by President Biden on April 27, 2021, the Department of Labor ("DOL" or "Department") recently published a notice of proposed rulemaking titled...more

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DOL Releases Proposed Rule on Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors

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On July 22, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed rule to implement and enforce Executive Order 14026, “Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors,” was published in the Federal Register.  Executive Order...more

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The Tale of the Partisan Pendulum - DOL Breathes Life Back into the 80/20 Rule Plus a 30-Minute Twist

On June 23, 2021, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would create greater limitations on an employer’s ability to take a tip credit under the federal Fair Labor...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Biden’s Department of Labor Eliminates Narrow, Employer-Friendly Trump-Era Independent Contractor Test

On May 6, 2021, in a much-anticipated move, the Biden Administration announced a final rule withdrawing the employer-friendly independent contractor test published in the last few weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency. The...more

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DOL Rescinds Trump-Era Rule Regarding Employment Status Under the FLSA | Insights

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) officially withdrew a Trump-era rule that had been announced to clarify independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The repeal took effect on May 6, 2021. The...more

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New Administration, New DOL Approach: Department Pulls Back Trump Rulemaking Limitations

With the new Biden administration now in place, the Department of Labor (DOL) has withdrawn a Trump era measure on guidance documents. Following a recent Executive Order, the DOL issued a final rule on January 27 to rescind...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Biden DOL Tosses Trump-Era “PRO Good Guidance Rule”

As expected, one of the first orders of business from the U.S. Department of Labor under the Biden administration was to scrap the 2020 “PRO Good Guidance Rule,” which imposed heightened burdens on the agency in connection...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

White House “Regulatory Freeze” Memo Dooms DOL Independent Contractor Rule

As expected, the White House issued a memorandum to the heads of all executive departments and agencies within the first few hours after President Biden’s inauguration on January 20, requesting that they halt all...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

DOL rules at risk under Biden

With a President Joe Biden in January, expect some major changes with the Department of Labor....more

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