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DOL Pulls Back Trump-Era Independent Contractor Rule

Published on Fri May 07, 2021

Overtime rulings in 3 home health cases lead to agencies paying millions in back wages. Now’s the time to make sure you are operating on the right side of labor laws when it comes to paying your workers overtime. On May 5, the Department of Labor announced that it has withdrawn the Trump-era “‘Independent Contractor Rule,’ to maintain workers’ rights [...]
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