Labor Department Again Rewrites FLSA Independent Contractor Rules - Employee Benefits & Compensation
Importantly, the protections afforded under the FLSA apply to employees, but do not apply to independent contractors.
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Importantly, the protections afforded under the FLSA apply to employees, but do not apply to independent contractors.
A distillation of the proposed regulation and some of its implications. Buckle up.
On October 11, 2022, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking to undo the Trump administration's 2021 independent contractor regulations and revert to the six-factor economic realities test.
U.S. Department of Labor DOL proposed new rule which would redefine difference between employees and independent contractors under Fair Labor Standards Act. FLSA requires employees, not necessarily independent contractors, to receive minimum wage and overtime pay.
The US Department of Labor published a Proposed Rule on October 13 seeking to return to applying a test that would make it more difficult for certain workers to qualify as independent...