On September 8, 2020, Judge Gregory Woods of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York struck down the heart of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule revising DOL regulations on joint employer...more
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On January 16, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) formally published its final rule revising DOL regulations that address joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)....more
On June 7, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor withdrew its controversial written interpretations addressing joint employment and the misclassification of employees as independent contractors. These informal guidance...more
The U.S. Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division (DOL) issued guidance from its administrator in late January, espousing a broad view of joint employment under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The guidance, issued in...more