On February 26, 2026, the day the Department of Labor (DOL) released its new proposed rule on independent contractor (IC) status under the Fair ...

The move signals a shift back toward a more business-friendly framework after several years of tighter scrutiny. According to ...

An independent contractor is someone who works for a business or company but is not an employee. The IRS uses three categories of evidence to determine if someone is an independent contractor or ...

The trucking industry has strong opinions about regulators’ independent contractor classification rules. But how important are these rules? The classification concerns a regulation that has little ...

We lead by making a clear connection between effort and results. There is no room for entitlement in an IC model. As a leader ...

On May 5, 2025, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development opened a 60-day comment period on a proposed regulation that would make it harder for independent contractors to contract ...

An employer is required to withhold income, Social Security and Medicare tax from their employee’s pay. They also pay half of ...

Senator Mike Lee of Utah introduced the 21st Century Worker Act in March 2026, ...

In one of her first executive orders, Gov. Mikie Sherrill took a welcome step by implementing a 90-day pause on the adoption of new state rules and regulations, including the New Jersey Department of ...

Two Minnesota-based construction associations and a local contractor are suing the state of Minnesota over the state’s independent contractor law. The Associated Builders and Contractors of Minnesota ...