The U.S. Department of Labor’s new final rule redefining who can be classified as an independent contractor takes effect next month.
The Biden administration says the new rule aims to protect workers misclassified as independent contractors and denied protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
“Labor protections are a promise of a floor beneath which no one should be forced to live and work,” Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su wrote on X last month after the final rule was announced. “Misclassification, the practice of calling someone an independent contractor when they are actually an employee, is a breach of that promise.”…