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The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division updated its regulation concerning Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standard Act, with changes effective March 11, 2024. The...more
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a final rule on how employers should properly determine whether a worker is to be classified as an employee or an independent contractor under the Fair Labor...more
The issue of who is an independent contractor can be tricky, particularly in the age of technology. If an employer misclassifies an individual as an independent contractor, there are a number of penalties for which the...more
The U.S. Department of Labor has published its final rule on how to determine whether a worker is an independent contractor or an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The rule is effective March 11, 2024, and...more
On January 9, 2024, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) released a final rule (the “Final Rule”) setting forth new standards for determining whether an individual may be classified as an independent contractor under...more
The United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently released a final rule that addresses the classification of workers as independent contractors under federal labor law. The rule goes into effect on March 11, 2024....more
The US Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division has finalized a new rule to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act. This rule will go into effect on March...more
Any business that retains independent contractors as part of their workforce may have a harder time maintaining their business model under a proposed rule that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) just released yesterday. The...more
Claim by Directional Drillers for Overtime Pay. The boom for domestic energy producers, particularly in the Permian Basin, has been accompanied by the companion challenge of how to compensate transient oilfield professionals...more