Those doing business in the Badger State should take note — in a recent case, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals determined that delivery drivers who were paid as independent contractors were improperly ...

POSTMATES COURIERS ARE NOT INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION WORKERS AND THEREFORE MAY BE COMPELLED TO ARBITRATE THEIR IC MISCLASSIFICATION CLAIMS. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has ...

The trucking industry has strong opinions about regulators’ independent contractor classification rules. But how important are these rules? The classification concerns a regulation that has little ...

On January 10, the U.S. Department of Labor (U.S. DOL) published its new final rule regarding the classification of independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The U.S. DOL ...

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, ...

The Trump administration’s Department of Labor is pausing its enforcement of independent contractor rules set up by the Biden administration. The Biden-era guidance, which was finalized in March 2024, ...

An independent contractor, or freelance worker, is responsible for paying certain taxes because they are self-employed and no taxes were withheld from their pay. This includes self-employment taxes — ...

Amazon 'Flex' Delivery Drivers Wrongly Classified as Independent Contractors, Virginia Court Holds "I am pleased with the decision from the Court of Appeals and I am proud of my office's efforts to ...