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  1. February 24, 2025

    DOL Wage Rule Challenges In Limbo Pending New Leadership

    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.

  2. December 11, 2024

    Tenn. Case Recs Can't Save DOL Contractor Rule: Biz Groups

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce told a Texas federal court to ignore the U.S. Department of Labor's notice that a Tennessee magistrate judge recommended tossing a lawsuit launched against the department's independent contractor rule, saying its own suit is nothing like the case in Tennessee.

  3. December 03, 2024

    DOL Leans On Tenn. Judge Recs To Save Ind. Contractor Rule

    The U.S. Department of Labor pushed a Texas federal court to throw out the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other groups' challenge to the agency's independent contractor final rule, pointing to a Tennessee federal magistrate's recommendation to toss a similar case.

  4. November 21, 2024

    Contractor Rule Consistent With Loper Bright, DOL Says

    The U.S. Department of Labor urged a Texas federal court to throw out a challenge to its rule regulating whether workers are independent contractors or employees, saying the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to kill Chevron deference has no bearing on this dispute.

  5. July 15, 2024

    7 Wage-Hour Cases To Watch In 2024

    Several legal fights that will dominate the rest of 2024 are variations on the debate around who has the power to make and change laws and who is considered an employee, with the cases challenging the breadth of the U.S. Department of Labor's rulemaking authority in the spotlight. Here, Law360 looks at seven cases to watch in the year's latter half.

  6. July 15, 2024

    Wage Cases To Follow As Justices Rein In Agencies

    A trio of U.S. Supreme Court rulings this term that dulled administrative agencies' power are likely to make an impact on how the U.S. Department of Labor enforces wage and hour law. Here, Law360 reviews six cases where their application is already becoming a point of contention.

  7. July 08, 2024

    Chevron Irrelevant To Independent Contractor Rule, DOL Says

    The U.S. Department of Labor pressed a Texas federal court to toss a suit challenging its independent contractor rule, saying that the rule doesn't hurt the trade groups seeking to invalidate it and that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Chevron decision doesn't move the needle.

  8. July 02, 2024

    Biz Groups Say Chevron Ruling Crushes DOL Contractor Rule

    The U.S. Supreme Court's decision killing the Chevron doctrine shows that the U.S. Department of Labor couldn't toss a Trump-era rule determining workers' independent contractor status and issue a new one, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other groups told a Texas court.

  9. May 29, 2024

    Contractor Rule Combats Misclassification, Nonprofits Say

    The U.S. Department of Labor's updated independent contractor classification rule is necessary to combat misclassification that a previous version of the rule exacerbated, two nonprofits said in a brief opposing business groups' challenge to the rule.

  10. May 28, 2024

    Contractor Rule Doesn't Hurt Groups Challenging It, DOL Says

    The U.S. Department of Labor's final rule sorting out workers' independent contractor classification incorporates long-used standards, and therefore the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other groups' arguments of harm aren't plausible, the department told a Texas federal court.