Two leading Democrats on a House committee with jurisdiction over the Labor Department requested the agency give the public at least 30 additional days to comment on a proposed rule that would make it easier for businesses to classify workers as independent contractors.
The department set a 30-day comment window, which will expire Oct. 26. That falls well short of the 75 days DOL provided for public comment on other wage-related proposals advanced earlier in the Trump administration, said House Education and Labor Committee Chairman