Shot in the dark, but a $5,000 timeout for $230,000 in pay withheld from workers making as little as $3.38 an hour could prove a suboptimal deterrent.
While some organizations blasted the Biden administration’s decision to withdraw a rule on employee classification, executives from Lyft and Uber have struck measured tones.
The rule was introduced in the waning days of the Trump administration but was never expected to be enacted.
By killing off Trump-era rules, the Biden administration has lots of room to make big changes in the independent-contractor-versus-employee debate.
The legal reason cited for the withdrawal is the elevation of two principles of “economic realities,” which the Wage and Hour Division says have not been used by courts in the past.
Gig workers are eligible for unemployment payments but verifying income levels can be difficult. The Workers Lab and Steady are teaming up to improve the process.
The Biden administration signaled on day one that it was going to roll back some late Trump administration rules; the independent contractor rule came out Jan. 7.
While the opinion letters don’t have the force of law, they do suggest which way the new administration will go in classification of compensation issues
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, we explore the relationship between TFI International and the unionized LTL carrier UPS Freight. Plus, earnings have started in earnest and so far, so good.
The opinion letter sent last week dealt with issues of driver safety requirements and the relationship between drivers and 3PLs.
