The Department of Labor sent a proposed rule on independent contractor classifications to the White House, taking the first ...

Form 1099 is used to report non-employee compensation paid to independent contractors, freelancers, and service providers. Federal regulations require businesses to issue Form 1099-NEC to qualifying ...

Companies will need to tread carefully on who they call independent contractors and who they identify as employees. Companies will potentially have a harder time classifying millions of workers as ...

We can learn quite a lot from a legal challenge faced by other business organizations in the same industry. In September, we noticed that a large health care system operating in seven states west of ...

As courts continue to be critical of noncompete agreements, employers must remain informed and proactive to make sure their agreements can withstand judicial scrutiny. Around this time last year, we ...

The administration may decide to return to the “economic reality” standard it articulated in a final rule released at the ...

If the work environment, including plant, warehouse, site or equipment, was unsafe and that caused the injury, liability can ...

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 ...

As a former claims handler and fraud investigator, Jason Metz has worked on a multitude of complex and multifaceted claims. The insurance industry can be seemingly opaque, and Jason enjoys breaking ...

Independent contractors have more tax leg work to do than salaried workers who receive pay from just one source. It is paramount you keep accurate records of your pay and expenses so you don’t run ...

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 ...