Effective on March 11, 2024, the definition of independent contractor will change for purposes of entitlement to overtime and payment of employment taxes. This new Regulation replaces the Trump ...

After publishing in early January a final rule to clarify the definition of independent contractor within the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Department of Labor is now proposing to withdraw the rule ...

A federal judge in Texas has ruled that a new, more business-friendly definition of independent contractor published in the final days of the Trump administration must be reinstated, because the Biden ...

The U.S. Department of Labor released a proposed rule to revise how it defines independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act, with a potentially problematic change that will affect ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: Today the U.S. Department of Labor issued its draft new interpretive regulation (or NPRM) attempting to define employee versus independent contractor status under the Fair Labor ...

Independent contractors have more personal freedom and more control over their work, but more responsibility, too. Independent contractors, those mysterious workers who seem to have all the freedom in ...