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Motor Carriers Beware: Department of Labor Revises Classification of Independent Contractors Under Fair Labor Standards Act

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On January 10, 2024 the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a final rule (29 CFR 795) revising the DOL’s guidance on how to analyze who is an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)....more

Epstein Becker & Green

#WorkforceWednesday: New DOL Rules, U.S. Government Changes Race and Ethnicity Categorization - Employment Law This Week®

This week, we’re taking a look at the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) new white-collar overtime exemption and worker classification rules and the U.S. government’s updated race and ethnicity categorizations. DOL’s Overtime...more

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March 2024 Employment Updates: New DOL Independent Contractor Rule Goes Into Effect, While NLRB Joint Employer Rule Vacated at the...

On March 11, 2024, after many months of anticipation, the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) final rule on independent contractor status went into effect. Meanwhile, on March 8, 2024, a revised joint employer rule announced by the...more

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Are Your Workers Independent Contractors or Employees: A New DOL Rule Aims to Help Employers Answer That Question

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

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Four Steps Businesses Can Take To Prepare For Dept. Of Labor’s New Independent Contractor Rule

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Businesses across Mississippi and the nation should plan to comply with a new rule from the Department of Labor (DOL), set to take effect on March 11, 2024, revising the way in which employers analyze who is an employee and...more

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New DOL Rule Affects All Businesses that Hire Independent Contractors

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On January 10, 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) published its final rule on employee or independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which is scheduled to go into effect on March 11,...more

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What's Old Is New Again: Department of Labor Issues Final Rule Returning to Totality-of-Circumstances Test to Determine...

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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

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Who is an Independent Contractor? DOL Issues New Rule

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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

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Department of Labor Issues Final Rule on Independent Contractors

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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

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Employee or Independent Contractor? U.S. Department of Labor Changes the Standard

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On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its Final Rule on the standard for determining who is an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Final Rule is set to...more

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United States Department of Labor Releases New Rule for Independent Contractor Classification

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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

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DOL Issues a Final Independent Contractor Rule

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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

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U.S. Department of Labor Issues Final Rule on Independent Contractors

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On January 10, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its final rule on the definition of “independent contractors” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This rule rescinds the 2021 rule and claims to be more...more

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Employee or Independent Contractor? DOL Announces Final Rule on How to Classify Staff

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced a final rule regarding the classification of workers as employees versus independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The final rule, which is effective...more

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U.S. Department of Labor Implements New Rule to Clarify Worker Classification under FLSA

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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

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DOL Officially Returns to Stricter Independent Contractor Rule Under Fair Labor Standards Act

“Employee means any individual employed by an employer.” That’s not some sixth grader’s attempt to mask their failure to study for a vocab quiz: It’s what Congress gifted us with 85 years ago in the Fair Labor Standards Act...more

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DOL issues Final Rule on independent contractors under the FLSA

Yesterday the U.S. Department of Labor issued a Final Rule addressing how to determine whether a worker is properly classified as an “employee” or an “independent contractor” under the Fair Labor Standards Act....more

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DOL Announces Final Rule on Determining Independent Contractor Status

On January 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced the issuance of its final rule addressing worker classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The 2024 rule, which goes into effect on March 11,...more

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USDOL Proposed New Independent Contractor Doctrine Focuses On Control: An Interesting Take?

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Several months ago, the US Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a rule in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice”) to define when someone is/is not an independent contractor. The focus of the proposal is on the “control”...more

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NLRB Restores Employee-Friendly Independent Contractor Test

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On June 13, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) overruled the Trump-era decision that “entrepreneurial opportunity” is the animating principle of the test to determine whether a worker is an employee or...more

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Employee or Independent Contractor: The Department of Labor Proposes a "New" Worker Classification Rule

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​​​​​​​On October 11, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (the DOL) announced a proposed rule to reestablish the pre-2021 analytic framework for assessing the classification of workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act...more

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DOL Publishes Proposed Rule Clarifying Test to Determine Independent Contractor Status

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Today (October 13, 2022), the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a proposed rule that would provide guidance on classifying workers as employees or independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act (the “FLSA”). The...more

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The "Gig" is Up: DOL Proposes Rule That Would Classify More Independent Contractors as Employees

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed a rule that would make it more difficult for companies to treat workers as independent contractors. The proposed rule would return to a "totality-of-the-circumstances" analysis...more

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Department of Labor Issues New Proposed Rule on Independent Contractor Classification

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​​​​​​​On Tuesday, October 11, 2022, the Biden Administration’s Department of Labor ("DOL") issued a proposed rule revising the agency’s approach to evaluating independent contractor status under federal wage & hour law. The...more

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Labor Department Proposes to Rescind Flexible Independent Contractor Test and Re-Impose Outdated Standard: 5 Key Questions

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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

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