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Independent Contractor Relationships Under Renewed Scrutiny by NJDOL

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On May 5, 2025, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development opened a 60-day comment period on a proposed regulation that would make it harder for independent contractors to contract their services as...more

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New Jersey’s proposed Independent Contractor "ABC" Test – easy as 1, 2, 3?

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On April 3, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development proposed new rules under the New Jersey Administrative Code (“N.J.A.C.”) Section 12:11, which are designed to clarify the application of the “ABC test.”...more

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New Jersey Sharpens Focus on Misclassification Issues, Inches Closer to Adopting “ABC Test” Regulations: What Businesses Need to...

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As independent contractor misclassification enforcement eases up at the federal level, New Jersey is doubling down on the state’s strict test for determining how a worker should be classified under various state laws. The New...more

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Garden State May Soon Become Even Less Hospitable to Independent Contractors ‎Than the Golden State

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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

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The Hunger Games: Can Competition Be Stopped?

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On Jan. 5, the United States Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) proposed a new rule which acts as a complete ban—both prospectively and retroactively—on all non-competition agreements (“non-compete(s)”) (the “Proposed...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Independent Contractor Classification - Deadline to Submit Comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is Approaching

On October 13, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to modify Wage and Hour Division regulations to revise its analysis for determining employee or independent contractor...more

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US Department of Labor Issues Proposed Rule on Independent Contractor Status

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On October 11, 2022, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced a proposed rule that would reinstate the “economic reality” test for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor or an employee under the Fair Labor...more

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The DOL Has Issued New Proposed Independent Contractor Classification Rules: What Now?

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On October 11, 2022, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking to undo the Trump administration’s 2021 independent contractor regulations and revert to the six-factor...more

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DOL Extends Comment Period for Proposed New Rule Regarding Independent Contractor Status

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On October 25, 2022, the Department of Labor extended the comment period for its new proposed rule regarding independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act. While the comment period was originally set to...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

DOL Proposes New Rule For Independent Contractor Classification

On Oct. 11, 2022, the U.S. DOL of Labor (DOL) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would revise the analysis for determining independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The proposed...more

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New Proposed Rule on Independent Contractors to Impact Trucking, Gig Economy and Other Companies

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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

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DOL Publishes Proposed Rule for Employee or Independent Contractor Classification

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On October 13, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its proposed rule on Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The proposed rule would revert back to the...more

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Department of Labor Seeks to Alter Independent Contractor Classification

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On October 13, 2022, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) published a proposed rule that seeks to alter the test for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor or an employee under the federal Fair Labor...more

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DOL Publishes Proposed Rule Clarifying Test to Determine Independent Contractor Status

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Today (October 13, 2022), the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a proposed rule that would provide guidance on classifying workers as employees or independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act (the “FLSA”). The...more

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New Proposed Rule on Independent Contractors: DOL’s Latest Plan for Overhaul of the Existing Standard

On October 11, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a new proposed rule that is more aligned with judicial precedent than a previous proposal regarding whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor...more

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U.S. Department of Labor Issues Proposed Rule on Independent Contractor Status

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On October, 11, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a proposed rule to update the test for determining whether a worker is an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) or an independent contractor.  The...more

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DOL Proposes New Rule Regarding Independent Contractor Status

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In light of the federal court ruling reinstating the Trump-era independent contractor regulation (discussed here), on October 13, 2022, the Department of Labor published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding independent...more

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U.S. Labor Department Issues Proposed Rule on Independent Contractors

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Consistent with its June 2022 announcement, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a new proposed rule addressing the distinction between employees and independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)....more

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DOL Proposes New Independent Contractor Rule

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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

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Labor Department Proposes to Rescind Flexible Independent Contractor Test and Re-Impose Outdated Standard: 5 Key Questions

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Any business that retains independent contractors as part of their workforce may have a harder time maintaining their business model under a proposed rule that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) just released yesterday. The...more

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Paying Gig Workers In Company Stock Might Soon Be An Attractive Option (Emphasis On “Might”)

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The federal government has taken another step to further incentivize highly skilled workers to join the gig economy: it has proposed rules that would permit publicly held gig companies to offer equity compensation to their...more

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We Won’t Have To Wait Very Much Longer For Final Gig Economy Rule

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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

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DOL Proposes New Rule Clarifying Independent Contractor Status

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Q: What do I need to know about the proposed federal rule on independent contractor classification? ...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

[Podcast]: DOL’s Proposed Rule on Independent Contractors

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

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

New Reality? DOL Publishes Proposed Rule on Independent Contractor Status

Whether a worker is an employee covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (and potentially entitled to overtime pay or benefits) or an independent contractor who is not covered has been the center of an ongoing legal...more

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