A new U.S. Department of Labor rule announced Jan. 9 adopts a multistep “economic factors” test for companies to follow to determine whether a worker should be classified as an independent contractor ...
There are few areas in employment law that remain in a greater state of flux than the question of who a business can properly classify as an independent contractor. The differences between federal and ...
Only employees (not independent contractors) are covered under the FLSA’s regulations on minimum wages, overtime and record-keeping. So, in order to comply with federal labor laws, employers need to ...