Earlier this week, the US Department of Labor (DOL) released the text of the Wage and Hour ‎division’s final rule on Independent Contractor status under the FLSA. You can find the full ‎text of the rule here.‎

CLDA’s comment to the Department of Labor was quoted in the text of the final rule (page ‎‎36 of the PDF). However, our analysis indicates that the DOL has not incorporated the ‎requests by CLDA and many others to significantly refine the particulars of the rule text as it ‎was initially proposed.‎ Read more.