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POTENTIAL IMPACT ON 'GIG' WORKERS. The Labor Department has said the rule was designed to crack down on industries, including construction and healthcare, where misclassification of workers is common.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. Department of Labor rule proposed Tuesday would make it more difficult for companies to treat workers as independent contractors, a change that is expected to shake up ...
The Biden administration has said the Trump-era rule violated U.S. wage laws and was out of step with decades of federal court decisions, and worker advocates have said a more strict standard was ...
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The proposition would add protections specific to app-based workers, different from other independent contractors, but these protections would only apply during the time the worker is "engaged" in fulfilling a specific request and not while the worker is logged in to the app and available to fulfill a request. [40]
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Reversal of Biden’s Independent Workers Rule In March, a new Department of Labor (DOL) rule took effect, which reclassified some independent contractors as employees based on several criteria.
The Biden-Harris administration has proposed a rule challenging existing worker classifications that could change the nature of the gig economy in the U.S. by redefining guidelines to fit current...