Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Erik Sherman reports on business, economics, finance, tech, and law. The Biden administration’s Department of Labor finally pushed ...

U.S. Department of Labor issues final rule that applies a "totality of circumstances" test The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued its highly anticipated final rule addressing the classification of ...

When you’re a small business, you may not have the resources (nor the need) for a full-time staff. You might choose to have one or two employees who work part-time, one or two who work full-time, or, ...

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The U.S. Department of Labor announced Tuesday a final rule revising its interpretation of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s classification provision to determine whether a worker may be considered an ...

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 ...

Companies will need to tread carefully on who they call independent contractors and who they identify as employees. Companies will potentially have a harder time classifying millions of workers as ...

Instead of accepting the “contractor” label, the tribunal applied the well-established test adopted by the Supreme Court of ...

A contractor is facing proposed penalties after an employee’s fatal heatstroke in Florida, feds say. Getty Images/iStockphoto A contractor is facing thousands in proposed penalties after a 41-year-old ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Los Alamos National Laboratory’s primary contractor earned a “very good” score for 2023 on a federal performance ...