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Ben Penn: A draft of the Labor Department’s proposal on independent contractor status offers evidence that debate over the rule’s economic impacts may be just as fierce as discussion of its legality.
Much of the public discourse over DOL’s effort to make it easier for employers to classify workers as independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act has centered on whether the agency has legal authority to issue the rule. On this point, blue-state attorneys general and Democratic lawmakers already have ...