Posted on 10/11/2022 9:34:04 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU
The Biden administration introduced a new regulation Tuesday that would make it harder for employers to misclassify workers as “independent contractors” to avoid minimum wage and overtime laws.
The proposal from the White House would replace an earlier, more business-friendly rule created by the Trump administration that set looser guidelines around who could be considered a contractor in the workplace. Labor Department officials said the previous administration’s rule increased the likelihood of workers being exploited.
Employers often mislabel their workers as contractors in order to evade workplace laws or shift certain costs of employment onto workers. Gig companies like Uber and Lyft have been fighting misclassification lawsuits for years and have battled both state and federal officials over tighter regulations.
“While independent contractors have an important role in our economy, we have seen in many cases that employers misclassify their employees as independent contractors, particularly among our nation’s most vulnerable workers,” Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said in a statement.
The rule must undergo a public comment period before officials can finalize and implement it.
The proposal essentially articulates how the Labor Department views the independent contractor issue. It pertains only to the Fair Labor Standards Act, the New Deal-era law that created a federal minimum wage and ensured workers receive premium pay for working extra hours. It would not apply to other federal workplace laws or make it easier for workers labeled contractors to form unions.
But the new federal guidelines, if implemented, could make it easier for more workers to pursue complaints or lawsuits against their employers if they believe they’ve been shorted on their paychecks. It could also impact the way state and local officials craft legislation aimed at cracking down on misclassification.
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This will kill the gig industry...................
Anything the dems touch, they destroy.
yep. I have a subcontractor for hubs biz and DH himself is classified as a subcontractor. The biz is in my name due to his ex still being on the payroll.
UGH!
here comes those 87K IRS auditors marching forward!
Illegals, however, can continue to work under fake names and SS #s.0
There has definitely been a lot of abuse in this area for YEARS. Make that DECADES.
But the “reasonable compensation” rules in the S-corporation area is also a big problem. Of course high-earning types use that as a ruse/dodge; so it will take a while for them to make this full of “equity”. LOL
The rule must undergo a public comment period before officials can finalize and implement it.....therfore dead in the water.
Hollywood, writers, musical people,Newsom’s nuttiness metastasizes.
they manufacture votes so they’ll manufacture comments as well.
My only question, is how long can they keep that biden
head inflated?
It is a felony to disagree with the Fuhrer.
didnt CA fu their trucking industry with this?
obama is right again!
Particularly among our nation’s most vulnerable...I’d say just the opposite. It’s just another type of business plan. Nothing wrong with it. Leave people alone. They’re working and paying their bills.
People do not need government protecting them in this case. Focus on real crime. People should resent the attitude that government thinks they are guilty, so they need yet another safeguard.
Very astute. Expect more make work projects for the 87k IRS auditors.
An Uber driver is the classic example of an independent contractor.
Just one of the many new make work programs to come for 87,000 new armed IRS agents.
Go ahead Joe. Make it even more difficult to get a job.
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