The FLSA’s independent contractor regulations, as with so many of the federal laws under DOL’s enforcement purview, have been subject to a veritable table tennis match between presidential ...

The agency has not been enforcing the 2024 rule and will consider a new one, using pre-2024 standards in the meantime.

The Biden administration and organized labor say a newly proposed rule reframing how employers determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor should create more consistency for ...

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For decades, there have been unpaid internships in companies that allow students and individuals an opportunity to gain knowledge in different work environments and insight into a variety of careers ...

In the last several years, there have been numerous highly visible wage and hour class action lawsuits brought by interns claiming they were misclassified and thus entitled to wages for their work as ...

Experienced ERISA attorneys and retirement industry executives project some possible outcomes of the DOL and SEC conflict of interest reform process; some expect a broad new proposal could emerge as ...

In a move likely to be welcomed by many restaurant franchisors, the Labor Department released Monday the details of a proposed rule that could usher in a new era of the so-called “joint-employment” ...