Businesses Seek Speedy Legal Fight Over New DOL Gig Worker Rule

Business groups opposed to the US Department of Labor’s latest independent contractor rule have taken an unusual procedural move in an effort to expedite their challenge against new legal interpretations set to go into effect in March.

A coalition of business groups—representing dozens of industries including gig economy companies Uber Technologies Inc. and DoorDash Inc.—opted to forego a new lawsuit against the worker classification rule released Jan. 9. Instead, they filed a motion Jan. 11 to revive previous litigation involving a different Biden administration independent contractor rule that was issued in 2021.

While the 2021 rule, which was ...