WASHINGTON – The US Ministry of Labor Wage and hourly department Issued today A Field help bulletin Provision of instructions on determining the status of the employee or the independent contractor in enforcing the law on fair work standards.
While the department is the final regulation 2024, employees or independent classification of the contractor in accordance with the law on Fair Labor Standards – which is also contested before the Federal Supreme Court, the investigators of the agency are instructed not to apply the analysis of the 2024 rule in current enforcement issues. Instead, the department will rely on long-term principles described in Fact Sheet No. 13 and further informed by the recovered opinion letter FLSA2019-6, which deals with the classification in the context of virtual market platforms. This approach offers companies and employees who navigate modern work agreements, a greater clarity, while legal and regulatory questions are solved.
These guidelines do not change the existing regulations, but reflects how the department provides enforcement resources during the review of the rule of 2024. The FAB replaces all previous or contradictory instructions that are granted to the wage and hourly department staff to enforce the independent contractor. In individual cases, which are appropriate by the wage and hour manager or a representative, the department can continue to exercise the enforcement authority.
For additional instructions that go beyond the Bulletin of Field Assistance, employees and employers can contact the wage and hourly department under the free Helpline 866-4US (487-9243).