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Showing posts with label dol. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

13 May

Employee or Independent Contractor? The DOL Just Changed the Rules... Again

Are you running a business, hiring freelancers, or working as one yourself? You may want to pay attention because on May 1st, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) changed the rule, again, for who counts as an “independent contractor.” In a May 1st memo, the DOL stated it is no longer following its own 2024 rulebook when...

Friday, February 19, 2021

19 Feb

New Law Alert - Registry of Construction Work-Related Fatal Injuries to be Established - Ambulance Chasers Take Notice

The NYS Department of Labor is being required by a new law to establish an online database by April 22, 2021 to make available all information and data regarding all workplace fatalities in the construction industry.Originally, this law stupidly applied to employees rather than workers and contractors, which is the standard...