Employee Classification

New and Updated

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  Independent Contractors: Federal

  Updated to reflect a delay in the effective date of regulations to establish criteria for determining independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  FLSA Independent Contractor Rule Takes Effect

  Updated to reflect a delay of the effective date.

• Type:

  Editor's Choice

  Coronavirus (COVID-19): Wage and Hour

  Updated to reflect the Los Angeles County, California, COVID-19 Hero Pay Pay Ordinance, effective February 25, 2021.

• Type:

  Editor's Choice

  The Biden Administration: What HR Needs to Know

  Updated to reflect developments regarding the proposed Equality Act.

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  Employee Classification: Washington

  Updated to include information on a state supreme court ruling concerning farm workers.

• Type:

  Editor's Choice

  Coronavirus (COVID-19): FAQs

  Updated to reflect the extension until March 31, 2021, of the Department of Homeland Security's relaxation of Form I-9 review requirements.

• Date:

  January 22, 2021

  Type:

  News

  Independent Contractor and Tip Credit Rules Likely to Be Postponed

  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.

• Date:

  January 15, 2021

  Type:

  News

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

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

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  Independent Contractors: California

  Updated to include information on a court decision regarding the ABC test for independent contractor status.

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  Managing Employees in Special Situations: Federal

  Updated to reflect the Euless, Texas, Fair Overtime and Scheduling Standards ordinance, effective November 3, 2020.