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 ...

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.

The Department of Labor proposed a new independent contractor test that makes it easier for businesses to classify workers as contractors rather than employees.

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

The U.S. Supreme Court has on a number of occasions indicated that there is no single rule or test for determining whether an individual is an independent contractor or an employee for purposes of the ...

By Daniel Wiessner Feb 26 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday moved to scrap a rule long opposed by business groups that made it harder to classify workers as independent ...

Companies should also consider an internal audit of risky independent contractor decisions to determine independent contractor status under the core factors. Audits conducted in conjunction with legal ...

Most independent contractors want the flexibility they lose when they become direct employees. The Labor Department published ...

For an industry that has watched this issue go back and forth for years, the independent contractor proposal marks the latest swing in the regulatory pendulum.

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.