DOL also would use that analysis in implementing the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural ...

Reversal to an independent contractor rule with two core factors rather than 2024’s change to six factors with none greater ...

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.

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 ...

Proposal revives a streamlined “economic reality” test and opens a fresh 60-day comment window for advisors, RIAs, and other concerned stakeholders.

On February 26, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a proposed rule to modify the analysis for determining ...

The Labor Department proposed to rescind the Biden-era classification analysis and reinstate the analysis from the first ...

DOL proposed a rule that would rescind a rule that changed how employers determine who is an employee and who is an independent contractor.

Today, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to rescind the 2024 ...

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.

A Department of Labor rule adopted under the Biden administration had many brokers worried about their ability to work as ...

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 ...