National Law Review

Reclassifying Employees to Independent Contractors Just Became Easier — Or Did It?

Companies should also consider an internal audit of risky independent contractor decisions to determine independent ...
HRD America

DOL moves to scrap 2024 independent contractor rule for clearer test

The Labor Department wants to tear up its own independent contractor rule and start over – and HR teams should pay close attention. On February 27, 2026, the Department of Labor published a proposed ...

Federal independent contractor rules are changing. Here's what employers should know.

A proposed independent contractor rule from the Department of Labor returns to a Trump-era standard. The Department of Labor ...
National Law Review

DOL Publishes Proposed Rule to Rescind the 2024 Biden-Era Independent Contractor Test

On 26 February 2026, the US Department of Labor (DOL) published a proposed rule (Proposed Rule) that would again modify the framework to determine whether a worker is an employee or independent ...
JD Supra

DOL Abandons 2024 Independent Contractor Test

The U.S. Department of Labor has announced it will no longer enforce the 2024 independent contractor rule under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), reverting to the more employer-friendly 2008 ...