A federal judge in Texas has ruled that a new, more business-friendly definition of independent contractor published in the final days of the Trump administration must be reinstated, because the Biden ...

The U.S. Department of Labor released a proposed rule to revise how it defines independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act, with a potentially problematic change that will affect ...

The final version of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act that went to the White House this week for President Trump’s signature does not include provisions that would expand the definition of ...

Effective on March 11, 2024, the definition of independent contractor will change for purposes of entitlement to overtime and payment of employment taxes. This new Regulation replaces the Trump ...

After publishing in early January a final rule to clarify the definition of independent contractor within the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Department of Labor is now proposing to withdraw the rule ...

In a decision titled The Atlanta Opera, Inc. and issued by the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) on Tuesday, June 13, 2023 (the “Decision”), the NLRB made it more difficult for employers to ...

Maine's Labor Department says the state's new definition of an independent contractor takes effect today. The state’s new independent contractor definition clarifies the conditions under which a ...

Life insurance trade groups are taking their battle to preserve the traditional “independent contractor” definition to New Jersey. That’s where the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development ...