The U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) last Wednesday announced an end to the short-lived Trump-era rule on the classification of workers as independent contractors. This rule would have decreased the number of workers entitlement to coverage under the Fair Labor Standards Act (the “FLSA”). The rule, which was originally scheduled to go into effect on March 8th, was previously postponed by the DOL before being completely withdrawn on May 5th.

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