The Biden administration enacted a new labor rule Tuesday that aims to prevent the misclassification of workers as “independent contractors,” a step that could bolster both legal protections and ...

Oral arguments in Frisard’s Transportation LLC v. United States DOL were scheduled to begin early this month, but under the new administration, the Department of Labor secured a postponement. It is ...

On February 26, 2026, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced a long-awaited proposed rule— again adjusting how the DOL views the appropriate classification of workers as “employees” or “independent ...

The Department of Labor on Wednesday, Jan. 10, will finalize a rule that rolls back a Trump-era rule offering guidance on determining employee or independent contractor classification under the Fair ...

The Biden administration enacted a new labor rule Tuesday that aims to prevent the misclassification of workers as “independent contractors,” a step that could bolster both legal protections and ...

The pendulum on federal and state worker classification rules has swung again. 1 Recently, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it would no longer enforce a Biden-era rule 2 (the “2024 ...

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Photo caption: An Uber sign is displayed inside a car, May 15, 2020, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File) The Biden administration enacted a new labor rule Tuesday that aims to prevent the ...