Federal Court Rules DOL Acted Unlawfully in Rescinding Trump-Era Independent Contractor Rule
A federal district court ruled recently that the Biden Administration’s Labor Department acted unlawfully when it delayed and later repealed Trump-era regulations governing classification of workers as employees or independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The court’s ruling in Coalition for Workforce Innovation v. Walsh effectively reinstates the Trump Administration’s regulatory reforms retroactively. Importantly, the court’s decision...
