Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Regulators Escalate Focus on the Risks of Bank Relationships with Fintechs and Other Third Parties
DE Under 3: OFCCP Resurrects Proposal for Monthly CC-257 Employment Utilization Reports for Construction Contractors
DE Under 3: Updated EEOC COVID-19 Technical Assistance Guidance, Case Decision & Wage & Hour Division Proposed Rule
Digital Assets Regulation Framework: Commerce Solicits Public Comment
DE Under 3: EEOC & DOJ Technical Guidance for Employer’s AI Use; Upcoming EEOC Hearing; Event for Mental Health in the Workplace
Comment Deadline Approaching: Proposed Amendments Restricting Use of Prop 65 Short-Form Warnings
2BInformed: The Future of Fluoride in Drinking Water, the New TSCA Fees Rule, and the Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List 5
Recent Actions on Ag Biotech by EPA’s Emerging Technologies Branch
III-44- A Little Help From The DOL
[WEBINAR] Laying the Foundation for Maximizing Benefits Around Emerging Technologies
[WEBINAR] Fairly (or Unfairly?) Traceable: Are Discharges Through Groundwater Subject to the Clean Water Act?
Episode 014: Business Divorce Stories: Business Appraiser Tony Cotrupe and Attorney Jeff Eilender
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Industry (the Department) announced on April 28, 2025, that it was filing a notice of a proposed regulation addressing the test for independent contractor (IC) status under New Jersey...more
Interested parties now have until December 13, 2022, to provide comments to the DOL’s proposed rule to codify a six-factor, economic reality test to determine who is an “independent contractor” under the Fair Labor Standards...more
Fair Labor Standards Act - The FLSA establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, and payday standards, in addition to recordkeeping obligations and other workplace mandates. Importantly, the FLSA only places requirements on...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has just published a new proposed rule addressing whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The proposed rule, published...more
Earlier today the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued its much-anticipated proposed rule that would update the test for determining whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor under federal wage law...more
We knew it had been coming, but the Biden recently made it official: the Department of Labor announced it wants to rescind the gig economy rule that was originally crafted under President Trump’s tenure and was about to make...more
As we predicted, the Biden administration signed an order immediately after taking charge of the White House halting the advancement of the Department of Labor’s new independent contractor rule. Now for the next step: the...more
The Department of Labor has turned down Congressional calls to extend the time period to receive public comments about the proposed independent contractor rule that would make it easier for gig economy businesses and other...more
In this episode of The Proskauer Brief, partners Harris Mufson and Allan Bloom discuss the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed new rule on independent contractor classification. In recent years, the misclassification of...more
While the proposed rule retains the “economic realities test,” it consolidates the existing factors used to guide analysis of independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act and focuses on two “core factors.”...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced a long-awaited proposed rule that addresses how to determine whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Under the...more
For decades, companies have wrestled with whether certain workers must be treated as employees subject to various employment laws and company rules or whether they are appropriately classified as independent contractors with...more