March 12, 2025
A Tennessee federal judge tossed a suit from two freelance writers seeking to block the U.S. Department of Labor's new rule regulating whether workers are independent contractors or employees under federal law, saying the writers can't show that the regulation would hurt their career opportunities.
February 24, 2025
Several ongoing challenges in federal courts to U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour rules are on hold as President Donald Trump’s administration settles in, leaving the fate of regulations impacting businesses and millions of workers uncertain. Here’s a look at the cases and the rules they are challenging.
January 01, 2025
The Biden administration's rules determining overtime eligibility, sorting out whether workers are independent contractors and raising federal contractors' minimum wage face uncertainty in 2025. Here, Law360 looks at how those three rules may change.
November 14, 2024
A Tennessee federal magistrate judge recommended tossing two freelance writers' challenge to the U.S. Department of Labor's new rule regulating whether workers are independent contractors or employees under federal law, saying the writers failed to show the regulation has harmed them.
April 25, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor's rule sorting out whether workers' are employees or independent contractors should be left in place because it tackles a lingering misclassification problem, two nonprofits said, urging a Tennessee federal court to disregard two freelance writers' challenge to the rule.
March 18, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor's independent contractor rule, which is finally in effect after a Texas federal judge threw out the agency's earlier iteration under President Joe Biden, remains under threat in the courts and in Congress. Here, Law360 reviews five efforts to sink the rule.
February 22, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor's new rule regulating whether workers are independent contractors or employees under federal law muddies the classification waters and might put freelance journalists out of work, two freelancers said in a lawsuit in Tennessee federal court.