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Independent Contractor, Joint Employment Rules on the Chopping Block

Date:: March 11, 2021

The US Department of Labor (DOL) is issuing Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) rescinding the Trump administration's rules for independent contractors and joint employment under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Independent Contractor and Tip Credit Rules Likely to Be Postponed

Date:: January 22, 2021

The White House has issued a memo directing the US Department of Labor (DOL) to consider postponing until March 23 any rules that were finalized after the November 3 election but have not yet gone into effect.

California's "Dynamex" Test for Independent Contractors Applies Retroactively

Date:: January 15, 2021

The Supreme Court of California held that employers reasonably could have foreseen it would have established a worker-friendly "ABC test" for classifying workers.

DOL Finalizes Employer-Friendly Independent Contractor Standard, But Future Is in Doubt

Date:: January 6, 2021

A new rule that could make it easier for businesses to classify workers as independent contractors rather than employees is scheduled to take effect March 8 - but it is likely to be frozen and possibly replaced.

California Allows App-Based Drivers to Be Independent Contractors

Date:: November 4, 2020

Proposition 22 will amend the state code to establish that app-based drivers are independent contractors, not employees, as long as their hiring party fulfills certain requirements that will likely be easier to meet than the "ABC test" established last year by the state legislature.

DOL Proposes Employer-Friendly Standard for Independent Contractors

Date:: September 22, 2020

The DOL has put forward five distinct factors to be used when determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

California Clarifies Independent Contractor Test and Adds New Exemptions

Date:: September 8, 2020

New amendments are intended to clarify and expand the ABC test, which governs independent contractor classification under California's wage and hour, workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and labor laws.

DOL Plans to Propose Regulation for Determining FLSA Independent Contractor Status

Date:: July 8, 2020

A new regulation, which may be finalized before the end of the year, is expected to establish an employer-friendly standard for independent contractor classification.

California Gig Worker Law Survives First Challenge in Uber, Postmates Lawsuit

Date:: February 19, 2020

A federal judge has denied Uber and Postmates' request for an injunction blocking enforcement of AB5, California's law that reclassifies most independent contractors as employees.

California Poised to Reclassify "Potentially Several Million" Independent Contractors

Date:: September 11, 2019

If signed into law as expected, AB 5 would codify the California Supreme Court's 2018 "Dynamex" ruling as part of the state code and extend its application beyond the wage orders to include state labor and unemployment insurance laws.

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All Items: Independent Contractors

Independent Contractor, Joint Employment Rules on the Chopping Block

Independent Contractor and Tip Credit Rules Likely to Be Postponed

California's "Dynamex" Test for Independent Contractors Applies Retroactively

DOL Finalizes Employer-Friendly Independent Contractor Standard, But Future Is in Doubt

California Allows App-Based Drivers to Be Independent Contractors

DOL Proposes Employer-Friendly Standard for Independent Contractors

California Clarifies Independent Contractor Test and Adds New Exemptions

DOL Plans to Propose Regulation for Determining FLSA Independent Contractor Status

California Gig Worker Law Survives First Challenge in Uber, Postmates Lawsuit

California Poised to Reclassify "Potentially Several Million" Independent Contractors

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