The Labor Department July 13 rolled out a new interpretation on the controversial, ambiguous question of whether certain workers are are employees or independent contractors.
The DOL’s Wage and Hour Division issued enforcement instructions to investigators on how to draw the line between employee and independent contractor in the home-care registry industry. The registries compete with traditional home-care providers by referring the elderly and people with disabilities or injuries to nurses and aides. The workers are treated as independent contractors who don’t get minimum wage or overtime protections.
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