POSTMATES COURIERS ARE NOT INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION WORKERS AND THEREFORE MAY BE COMPELLED TO ARBITRATE THEIR IC MISCLASSIFICATION CLAIMS. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has ...

APPELLATE COURT IN WISCONSIN FINDS DELIVERY WORKERS ARE AMAZON EMPLOYEES AND NOT IC’S. A Wisconsin appeals court has upheld an assessment by that state’s Labor and Industry Review Commission against ...

On January 10, the U.S. Department of Labor (U.S. DOL) published its new final rule regarding the classification of independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The U.S. DOL ...

The trucking industry has strong opinions about regulators’ independent contractor classification rules. But how important are these rules? The classification concerns a regulation that has little ...

The suit follows moves from the Biden administration to classify some gig workers as employees The suit follows moves from the Biden administration to classify some gig workers as employees is a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A former delivery contractor for FedEx Ground filed a lawsuit claiming unfair treatment and “abusive” and “deceptive” business ...

On March 11, just four days after President Biden gives his annual state of the union address, the state of independent contracting in America will get a major downgrade. That’s because a new rule ...

There are many paths to entrepreneurship, and for some aspiring business owners, becoming an independent contractor is a natural first step. But what exactly is an independent contractor, and how do ...

The Trump administration’s Department of Labor is pausing its enforcement of independent contractor rules set up by the Biden administration. The Biden-era guidance, which was finalized in March 2024, ...