Independent Contractors

New and Updated

• Type:

  Editor's Choice

  The Biden Administration: What HR Needs to Know

  Updated to reflect developments regarding the minimum wage and the tip credit rule.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  FLSA Independent Contractor Rule Takes Effect

  Updated to reflect a proposed delay of the effective date.

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  Independent Contractors: Federal

  Updated to reflect developments regarding regulations to establish criteria for determining independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

• 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.

• Date:

  January 6, 2021

  Type:

  News

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

  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.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  California Protect App-Based Drivers and Services Act Takes Effect

  Updated to reflect the finalized effective date.

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  Independent Contractors: Virginia

  Updated to reflect amendments regarding independent contractor classification, effective January 1, 2021.

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  Independent Contractors: Minnesota

  Updated to reflect the Minneapolis Freelance Worker Protections Ordinance, effective January 1, 2021.