Who’s an Employee and Who’s a Contractor: DOL Proposal Explained

There are only 41 days left for anyone to try to change the Biden Labor Department’s mind on a proposal outlining the legal test that would make it easier for workers to be classified as employees rather than independent contractors under federal wage and hour law.

With the growth of contractor relationships in the economy over the past several decades, the question of who’s an employee with protections and benefits under labor law and who is a contractor not covered by those laws has become paramount for big companies to answer, such as Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc., Instacart, and ...