DOL Signals Independent Contractor Rule Will Wrap Up by October

The US Department of Labor said it needs four more months to finish its highly anticipated rulemaking to clarify workers’ independent contractor status under federal wage law, despite originally planning to finalize the rule in May.

In a court filing Friday, attorneys for the DOL asked the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to continue its pause on litigation over an earlier attempt by the Biden DOL to regulate independent contractor status, so that it can finish its newest rulemaking on the issue.

The administration said it needs 120 more days to finish reviewing the 50,000 public comments it received on ...