JD Supra

The Labor Department’s Independent Contractor Rule Has Little if No Legal Impact but Is Likely To Cause Anxiety for Stakeholders

The Biden Administration’s Labor Department earlier today issued a proposed regulation that seeks to define the worker classification test for independent contractor or employee status under the Fair ...
Travel Weekly

A conundrum for host agencies

Q: In your Feb. 10 column, you predicted that the Trump administration would repeal the Labor Department's rules governing what constitutes an independent contractor versus an employee. Those rules, ...
JD Supra

Update on Uber: Company Announces It Is Settling Up to 60,000 Individual Arbitrations Alleging Independent Contractor Misclassification

Ride-sharing giant Uber Technologies announced by way of a filing today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it has reached agreements to resolve the independent contractor (IC) ...
Travel Agent

ASTA to Department of Labor: IC Proposal Should Be Withdrawn

Last month, the American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) sent a letter urging the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to withdraw its proposed rule for determining employee or independent contractor (IC) ...