Biden DOL Revokes Three Eleventh-Hour Trump DOL Opinion Letters
In its final days under the Trump administration, the Department of Labor (DOL) had advanced three opinion letters on independent contracting and tip-pooling rules. On Tuesday, the DOL's Wage and Hour Division revoked the letters under the Biden administration's regulatory review freeze. The independent contracting rule would have permitted a simpler legal standard for classifying workers as independent contractors rather than employees covered...
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