Category: Misclassification

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Top Audit Red Flags Businesses Shouldn’t Ignore

From JDSupra, Scott Tippett discusses top audit red flags including misclasssification of workers as independent contractors. Scott…

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Proposed DOL Rule Would Simplify Independent Contractor Status – A Little Bit

From JDSupra, Todd Lebowitz discusses the United States Department of Labor’s proposed independent contractor rule and says…

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New Proposed Federal DOL Independent Contractor Rule May Not Make a Difference

From Lexology, Hugh F. Murray, III and Matthew A. Windman review the United States Department of Labor’s proposed independent…

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Regulatory Whiplash Continues: DOL Proposes Yet Another Independent Contractor Classification Rule

From JDSupra, Nikki Howell discusses the United States Department of Labor’s proposed new independent contractor rule and…

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DOL Proposes to Rescind Biden-Era Independent Contractor Rule and Restore ‘Core Factor’ Analysis

From JDSupra, Raymond Bertrand and Brian Featherstun discuss the United States Department of Labor’s rescinding the 2024…

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Nothing New and Likely to Be Ineffective: The New Proposed Independent Contractor Rule Issued by the Labor Department

From JDSupra, Richard Reibstein discusses the United States Department of Labor’s proposed new rule governing independent contractor…

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US Department of Labor Proposes Rule Clarifying Employee, Independent Contractor Status Under Federal Wage and Hour Laws

The United States Department of Labor (DOL) announced a proposed independent contractor classification rule similar to the…

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Notice of Proposed Rule: Employee or Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Family and Medical Leave Act

The United States Department of Labor made the official announcement of the proposed rule for independent contractor…

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Industry Groups Petition National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for Independent Contractor Rulemaking

From JDSupra, Maury Baskin, Alexander MacDonald, Shannon Meade, and James Paretti, Jr. provide updates on federal, state,…

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Paying the price: Wage-and-hour claims and the limits of insurance

Erin Mindoro Ezra, Heather C. Whitmore, and Ryan T. Fitzgerald discuss the prevalance of wage and hour…

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EntertainHR: Knives Out: The Mystery of the Independent Contractor

From JDSupra, Jacob Koch discusses a popular whodunnit movie franchise, Knives Out, and uses the economic reality…

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Court Dismisses Joint Employer Claim Against Fedex

From JDSupra, Richard Reibstein discusses a recent decision in which the court dismissed a claim by Fedex…