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This post is a summary of a more detailed Client Alert prepared by Gray Reed’s labor and employment practice group. Recall our recent post on the Department of Labor’s new “Economic Realities Test” for classifying...more
Introduction - After receiving over 55,000 comments regarding the proposed rule introduced in 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) finalized a new independent contractor test under the Fair Labor Standards Act...more
The Department of Labor recently made key changes to its rules in a way that will affect the oil and gas sector. The new rule rescinds a Trump Administration rule that had simplified the process of classifying workers as...more
Fulfilling a campaign promise for President Joe Biden, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) sent employers New Year’s greetings by opening 2024 with a new final rule on independent contractor classifications, revising...more
On January 9, 2024, the United States Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) announced a final rule regarding how to determine whether a worker qualifies as an employee or may be considered an independent...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) recently issued a final rule (the "2024 Rule") which reverts the independent contractor analysis back to a multifactor, totality-of-the-circumstances review that, as compared to the...more
The Department of Labor’s final rule for classifying independent contractors replaces the previous Trump-era rule that emphasized two factors – control over the work performed and the worker’s opportunity for profit or loss –...more
The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued its highly anticipated final rule addressing the classification of workers as independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This new rule, which takes effect on...more
On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") issued a final rule to provide guidance to employers in determining whether a worker should be classified as an employee or an independent contractor under the Fair...more
On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor published a final rule (the Rule) replacing the current test for determining whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act. ...more
The Department of Labor has long labored to rein in the practice by some employers of labeling workers as independent contractors instead of employees to avoid the requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to pay...more
Recently, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a new rule redefining how workers are classified under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The final rule, which will make it more challenging to classify workers as...more
On January 2, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a hotly anticipated final rule, which establishes a six-factor test for determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor for purposes of...more
On January 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) published its final rule defining the term “independent contractor” and setting forth the new test for determining independent contractor / employee status (the...more
On January 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division announced a final rule that revises the DOL’s interpretation of worker classification (employees versus independent contractors) under the Fair Labor...more
On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (“Department”) changed the test as to whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). This final rule rescinds the...more
This week, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) released a final rule that changes the criteria for classifying independent contractors under federal law. We first wrote about the rule change back in October 2022 when the rule was...more
On January 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a new final rule revising the test for whether workers are considered to be employees versus independent contractors for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The...more
After issuing proposed rules and seeking public comment in October 2022, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced the finalized regulations for its new Independent Contractor Rule (the New Rule), which takes effect on March...more
On January 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor released the final details of their Independent Contractor test. This test addressing when companies can classify workers as independent contractors has been hotly debated...more
Effective on March 11, 2024, the definition of independent contractor will change for purposes of entitlement to overtime and payment of employment taxes....more
Executive Summary: On January 9, 2024, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule that revises the DOL’s interpretation of employee classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) only. The...more
The U.S. Department of Labor published a final rule on January 9, 2024, defining “independent contractor” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The final regulation rescinds a 2021 rule defining the same term. In place...more
On Tuesday, October 11, 2022, the United States Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (DOL), announced a proposed rule clarifying the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) independent contractor classification test. The...more
On October 11, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor released a proposed rule to update the test for determining whether a worker is an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) or an independent contractor. FLSA...more