Three Republican senators have teamed to make another attempt to pass long-sought Republican legislation aimed at overhauling federal labor law and setting a national standard for independent ...

Working as a contractor, or hiring contractors, provides the flexibility that many workers and companies desire. In some scenarios, the independent contractor status works well. However, employers can ...

The Modern Worker Empowerment Act has been introduced to provide independent contractors with the freedom to pursue ...

Oral arguments in Frisard’s Transportation LLC v. United States DOL were scheduled to begin early this month, but under the new administration, the Department of Labor secured a postponement. It is ...

Last week, Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Committee set the stage for workforce reforms under the Trump administration. In a ...

We have everything you need to know about worker classifications, the fight to change them, and how they might affect your taxes and the tax software you can use. I write about money. I’ve been ...

The final rule issued Jan. 10 setting forth new guidelines for determining employee or independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act is being challenged on two fronts -- ...

A new U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) rule offers guidance for employers related to determining whether to classify a worker as an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act ...

The rules governing the classification of independent truckers are like the weather in the Great Plains: wait a bit, and they'll change. And it's that volatility that is causing some anxiety in the ...