Department of Labor releases proposed rule using economic reality test to help employers determine worker classification under Fair Labor Standards Act.

The U.S. Department of Labor announced it will move to rescind the Biden administration's 2024 independent contractor rule on ...

The Labor Department wants to tear up its own independent contractor rule and start over – and HR teams should pay close attention. On February 27, 2026, the Department of Labor published a proposed ...

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

The Trump administration’s Department of Labor is pausing its enforcement of independent contractor rules set up by the Biden administration. The Biden-era guidance, which was finalized in March 2024, ...

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

Most independent contractors want the flexibility they lose when they become direct employees. The Labor Department published ...

By Daniel Wiessner Feb 26 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday moved to scrap a rule long opposed by business groups that made it harder to classify workers as independent ...

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 ...