JD Supra

New Independent Contractor Test Increases Risk of Independent Contractor Misclassification

The U.S. Department of Labor is set to issue a Proposed Rule that will have a significant impact on the test used to determine whether someone is an independent contractor or an employee under the ...
JD Supra

New 11th Circuit Decision Clarifies Independent Contractor Test: Your Five Step Compliance Plan

Businesses operating in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia recently received much-needed clarity from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on how to ...
Law

Biden Administration's Proposed New Independent-Contractor Test Can Impact Your Company's Bottom Line

Companies routinely use independent contractors for special projects and isolated assignments as a way to cut down on the normal costs connected to hiring full time W-2 employees. However, companies ...
HR Dive

NLRB returns to Obama-era independent contractor test

The National Labor Relations Board reinstated an Obama-era independent contractor test Tuesday, departing from a more employer-friendly test adopted during the Trump administration. The Board held ...
HR Dive

DOL proposes ‘totality-of-the-circumstances’ test for independent contractors

The FLSA’s independent contractor regulations, as with so many of the federal laws under DOL’s enforcement purview, have been subject to a veritable table tennis match between presidential ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

US Labor Department’s new independent contractor test

On Jan. 10, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published final regulatory guidance addressing the classification of workers as independent contractors under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ...