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DOL Reverts to 5-Part Fiduciary Status Test

The Department of Labor will revert to its previous five-part test for determining fiduciary status following final judgments ...
HR Dive

DOL proposes ‘totality-of-the-circumstances’ test for independent contractors

The FLSA’s independent contractor regulations, as with so many of the federal laws under DOL’s enforcement purview, have been subject to a veritable table tennis match between presidential ...
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DOL moves to scrap 2024 independent contractor rule for clearer test

The Labor Department wants to tear up its own independent contractor rule and start over – and HR teams should pay close attention. On February 27, 2026, the Department of Labor published a proposed ...
Financial Planning

DOL moves to undo stricter independence test for brokers

The definition of an "independent contractor" — long a political ping-pong ball — could bounce back in brokerage firms' direction under a new federal proposal put forward this week. Processing Content ...
HR Dive

Chevron doctrine’s death leads 5th Circuit to ask: Is DOL’s salary test for overtime eligibility safe?

Federal judges questioned Wednesday whether the U.S. Department of Labor’s salary basis test for determining overtime pay eligibility under the Fair Labor Standards Act exceeds the statutory authority ...