National Law Review

The Regulatory Pendulum of Independent Contractors: Does the New DOL Test Grant More Independents?

As the Department of Labor’s (DOL) composition ebbs and flows from administration to administration, so does the guidance employers receive on one of the most challenging questions in workforce ...
National Law Review

DOL Proposes New Rule with a Familiar Five-Factor Test for Worker Classification

Wage and Hour Division proposed a new rule to determine whether workers are independent contractors or employees under federal wage-and-hour laws. The new rule proposes to rescind the 2024 Biden-era ...
HR Dive

Chevron doctrine’s death leads 5th Circuit to ask: Is DOL’s salary test for overtime eligibility safe?

Federal judges questioned Wednesday whether the U.S. Department of Labor’s salary basis test for determining overtime pay eligibility under the Fair Labor Standards Act exceeds the statutory authority ...
JD Supra

DOL Abandons 2024 Independent Contractor Test

The U.S. Department of Labor has announced it will no longer enforce the 2024 independent contractor rule under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), reverting to the more employer-friendly 2008 ...
Financial Planning

DOL moves to undo stricter independence test for brokers

The definition of an "independent contractor" — long a political ping-pong ball — could bounce back in brokerage firms' direction under a new federal proposal put forward this week. Processing Content ...
JD Supra

NJ DOL Issues Proposed Rules on ABC Test for Independent Contractors

The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOL) announced proposed regulations that purportedly clarify the so-called “ABC test” for determining whether workers should be classified ...