The DOL proposed a new rule to simplify independent contractor classification, reverting to a framework similar to the 2021 ...

Industry groups are applauding the U.S. Labor Dept.’s recent proposal to rescind a 2024 final regulation that makes it harder for businesses to classify workers as independent contractors under the ...

The Department of Labor has announced it is reviewing the Biden administration’s 2024 worker classification guidance, which directs employers on how to determine whether a worker is an employee or ...

DOL Secretary Chavez DeRemer participated in ATA's Mid-Year Management Session keynote shortly after DOL shunned the 2024 independent contractor rule. The Department of Labor will no longer use the ...

The Department of Labor plans to rescind a controversial independent contractor rule in a move welcomed by truckers. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer announced Feb. 26 a proposed rule under the ...

Oral arguments in Frisard’s Transportation LLC v. United States DOL were scheduled to begin early this month, but under the new administration, the Department of Labor secured a postponement. It is ...

The trucking industry has strong opinions about regulators’ independent contractor classification rules. But how important are these rules? The classification concerns a regulation that has little ...

What the federal government considers an independent contractor vs. an employee is once again changing based on the change in administration. Ad Loading... The U.S. Department of Labor is reviewing a ...

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Is independent contractor misclassification, standing alone, a violation of the National Labor Relations Act? Last month, the National Labor Relations Board issued a decision in a case involving ...