Easier? U.S. Department of Labor Publishes 146-Page Notice with Proposed Regulations to “Make it Easier” to Distinguish Employees from Independent Contractors

One of the most intractable problems in employment law is sometimes knowing whether someone working for someone else is an “employee” or not. Getting that right or wrong can have enormous legal consequences for the worker and the person or firm by whom the worker is engaged. One might think that making such a distinction would always be pretty easy.... By: Ward and Smith, P.A.