The proposal by the Department of Labor would replace the Biden-era rule with an analysis for employee classification, similar to the one adopted in 2021.

The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced a proposed change to the rule that defines whether a worker is an employee or ...

Companies should also consider an internal audit of risky independent contractor decisions to determine independent ...

Two Minnesota-based construction associations and a local contractor are suing the state of Minnesota over the state’s independent contractor law. The Associated Builders and Contractors of Minnesota ...

Reversal to an independent contractor rule with two core factors rather than 2024’s change to six factors with none greater ...

A proposed independent contractor rule from the Department of Labor returns to a Trump-era standard.

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 ...

Since 2018, progressive politicians, in the name of protecting workers, have waged war on ridesharing and the so-called “gig economy.” The problem with the left’s anti-gig campaign is that it is ...

Controversial new rules proposed by the New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development pertaining to independent contractor classification has drawn strong pushback from the state’s business ...

We can learn quite a lot from a legal challenge faced by other business organizations in the same industry. In September, we noticed that a large health care system operating in seven states west of ...

An independent contractor, or freelance worker, is responsible for paying certain taxes because they are self-employed and no taxes were withheld from their pay. This includes self-employment taxes — ...

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 ...