POSTMATES COURIERS ARE NOT INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION WORKERS AND THEREFORE MAY BE COMPELLED TO ARBITRATE THEIR IC MISCLASSIFICATION CLAIMS. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has ...

APPELLATE COURT IN WISCONSIN FINDS DELIVERY WORKERS ARE AMAZON EMPLOYEES AND NOT IC’S. A Wisconsin appeals court has upheld an assessment by that state’s Labor and Industry Review Commission against ...

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 ...

On March 11, just four days after President Biden gives his annual state of the union address, the state of independent contracting in America will get a major downgrade. That’s because a new rule ...

The Trump administration’s Department of Labor is pausing its enforcement of independent contractor rules set up by the Biden administration. The Biden-era guidance, which was finalized in March 2024, ...

Amazon 'Flex' Delivery Drivers Wrongly Classified as Independent Contractors, Virginia Court Holds "I am pleased with the decision from the Court of Appeals and I am proud of my office's efforts to ...

Last week, the Department of Labor (DOL) closed the public comment period for its new proposed rule to alter the definition of what it means to be an independent contractor in the era of the Uber and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A former delivery contractor for FedEx Ground filed a lawsuit claiming unfair treatment and “abusive” and “deceptive” business ...

There are many paths to entrepreneurship, and for some aspiring business owners, becoming an independent contractor is a natural first step. But what exactly is an independent contractor, and how do ...