Court puts Trump independent contractor rule back in place

Mar 21, 2022 at 01:52 PM CST
Defining whether a worker is an independent contractor (IC) or an employee got a little more confusing over the past week with a federal court reimplementing a Trump administration rule that the Biden administration thought it had killed. In a decision handed down March 14 in the Eastern District of Texas, U.S. District Judge Marcia Crone said the Biden administration had not followed proper procedure in killing the Trump administration rule on IC status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). As a result, the Trump rule, which was seen as being more favorable to allowing a company to classify a worker as an IC rather than an employee, will be implemented retroactively to March 8.

Mar 21, 2022 at 01:52 PM CST

Defining whether a worker is an independent contractor (IC) or an employee got a little more confusing over the past week with a federal court reimplementing a Trump administration rule that the Biden administration thought it had killed. In a decision handed down March 14 in the Eastern District of Texas, U.S. District Judge Marcia Crone said the Biden administration had not followed proper procedure in killing the Trump administration rule on IC status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). As a result, the Trump rule, which was seen as being more favorable to allowing a company to classify a worker as an IC rather than an employee, will be implemented retroactively to March 8.