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

On February 26, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a proposed rule to modify the analysis for determining ...

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

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

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

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.

In a recent development, the U.S. Department of Labor confirmed it will stop enforcing the Biden-era rule on independent contractor classification. This reversal represents a meaningful victory for ...

The 2024 final rule creates an ambiguous and difficult-to-interpret standard for determining independent contractor status." ...

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 ...

An independent contractor is someone who works for a business or company but is not an employee. The IRS uses three categories of evidence to determine if someone is an independent contractor or ...

Proposal revives a streamlined “economic reality” test and opens a fresh 60-day comment window for advisors, RIAs, and other concerned stakeholders.