Employers welcome Labor’s move on joint employment, independent contractors

Walsworth employment partner, Sage Knauft, recently provided some insight to Business Insurance on the U.S. Department of Labor’s recent withdrawal from the Obama administration’s joint employment and independent contractors guidances that had expanded the definition of employees.

While many in the business community may welcome this new development, Knauft cautioned, “[The Department of Labor] went out of their way to say there is nothing in the decision to withdraw the guidance that should be interpreted as a lessening of labor standards, and that employers are still bound by state and federal law.”

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