The Labor Department is appealing a Texas federal judge’s order blocking the Biden administration from withdrawing a Trump-era rule that made it easier for businesses to classify workers as independent contractors.
The appeal notice filed Friday follows a March decision from Judge Marcia A. Crone of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, who ordered that the Trump rule be reinstated. She sided with the Coalition for Workforce Innovation, a business group whose ranks include gig-economy companies such as
The business group sued the DOL, Secretary Marty Walsh, and another ...