The administration may decide to return to the “economic reality” standard it articulated in a final rule released at the ...

The Department of Labor sent a proposed rule on independent contractor classifications to the White House, taking the first ...

An independent contractor is someone who works for a business or company but is not an employee. The IRS uses three categories of evidence to determine if someone is an independent contractor or ...

Companies will need to tread carefully on who they call independent contractors and who they identify as employees. Companies will potentially have a harder time classifying millions of workers as ...

A new U.S. Department of Labor rule announced Jan. 9 adopts a multistep “economic factors” test for companies to follow to determine whether a worker should be classified as an independent contractor ...

If the work environment, including plant, warehouse, site or equipment, was unsafe and that caused the injury, liability can ...

Are you looking for more flexible work at home jobs? Working as an independent contractor allows you to set your own sch ...

Instead of accepting the “contractor” label, the tribunal applied the well-established test adopted by the Supreme Court of ...

As a former claims handler and fraud investigator, Jason Metz has worked on a multitude of complex and multifaceted claims. The insurance industry can be seemingly opaque, and Jason enjoys breaking ...

There are many paths to entrepreneurship, and for some aspiring business owners, becoming an independent contractor is a natural first step. But what exactly is an independent contractor, and how do ...