On March 22, 2021, former two-term Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Labor in a 68-29 Senate vote. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) supported Walsh’s.
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Unsurprisingly, on May 5, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) withdrew its Independent Contractor Final Rule, published in the last days of the previous administration.
The Final Rule, which never took effect, would have established a uniform standard for determining a worker’s status as an “independent contractor” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In a foreshadowing of the Final Rule’s withdrawal, earlier this year the DOL withdrew two related Opinion Letters as being prematurely issued.
Background
The FLSA guarantees a minimum wage for all hours worked and overtime for any hours worked over 40 per week for all covered, non-exempt employees. As the U.S. Supreme Court first noted more than 70 years ago, individuals who perform services for a company as an independent contractor are not afforded the FLSA’s minimum wage and overtime protections because they are not “employees.” The FLSA, however, says little about how to
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Unsurprisingly, on May 5, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) withdrew its Independent Contractor Final Rule, published in the last days of the previous administration.
The Final Rule, which never took effect, would have established a uniform standard for determining a worker’s status as an “independent contractor” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In a foreshadowing of the Final Rule’s withdrawal, earlier this year the DOL withdrew two related Opinion Letters as being prematurely issued.
Background
The FLSA guarantees a minimum wage for all hours worked and overtime for any hours worked over 40 per week for all covered, non-exempt employees. As the U.S. Supreme Court first noted more than 70 years ago, individuals who perform services for a company as an independent contractor are not afforded the FLSA’s minimum wage and overtime protections because they are not “employees.” The FLSA, howeve
GAO found unobjectionable the General Services
Administration s (GSA) rejection of a late-submitted
proposal.
The request for proposals (RFP) required that offers be
submitted by October 13, 2020, via the agency s online proposal
submission portal, GSA ASSIST. The RFP warned that
proposals received after the closing data and time would not be
considered.
The protester had trouble with the online portal it
uploaded materials but was unable to click submit so it
emailed the proposal to the contracting officer instead.
Even though the protester had uploaded proposal materials prior
to the deadline, GAO noted that the protester maintained the
ability to revise its proposal by uploading new, modified
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