Whether owner-operators are contracted in your fleet or you’re an owner-operator yourself, it’s worth knowing how labor and HOS regulations affect trucking’s independent contractors. What’s on ...

The Biden administration enacted a new labor rule Tuesday that aims to prevent the misclassification of workers as “independent contractors,” a step that could bolster both legal protections and ...

The trucking industry and supply chains could face chaos if the Biden administration’s Department of Labor changes how independent workers, such as owner-operator truck drivers, are classified by the ...

The National Labor Relations Board, an independent government agency responsible for enforcing U.S. labor law in relation to collective bargaining and unfair labor practices, this week returned to an ...

The Department of Labor on Wednesday, Jan. 10, will finalize a rule that rolls back a Trump-era rule offering guidance on determining employee or independent contractor classification under the Fair ...

With the debate over worker classification in the Gig Economy raging, many employers who hire freelancers and contractors live in fear that state or federal officials could suddenly swoop in and ...

A trade group representing app-based tech firms is urging President Biden to not finalize worker-classification regulation until a permanent Labor secretary is confirmed. The group, Flex, has opposed ...

As part of an effort to tighten up on companies that misclassify employees as independent contractors, the U.S. Dept. of Labor is considering proposing a rule that would set additional record-keeping ...

How do businesses differentiate independent contractors from employees? That question dominated a discussion among local companies led by five top attorneys from McGlinchey Stafford‘s labor and ...