Two key provisions in the Department of Labor’s proposed independent contractor rule could pose problems for transportation companies.
A new proposed independent contractor rule from the Department of Labor could increase costs for trucking as well as for Uber and Lyft.
The Federal Trade Commission plans on getting involved in questions of independent contractor status.
An appellate court reversed a lower court decision and found that a one-time Schneider independent contractor was actually an employee.
Two listening sessions in the next two weeks will kick off the Biden administration’s effort to create a new federal definition of independent contractor status.
Whether at the U.S. Supreme Court, the Department of Labor or other venues, Benesch attorney says it’s going to be a lively year for the independent contractor versus employee debate.
David Weil would have a key role in determining the federal definition of an independent contractor.
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.
The rule was introduced in the waning days of the Trump administration but was never expected to be enacted.
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.
