DOL Gives Extra Leeway for Independent Contractor Classification
May 9, 2025 – Media MentionSHRM
Wendy Lane, Chair of the Employment Department, provided her insights to SHRM regarding the U.S. Department of Labor's recent decision not to enforce the 2024 rule narrowing the definition of independent contractors and how it compares to California's employment laws.
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In California, employers may have greater liability for unpaid overtime to misclassified workers than under the FLSA because most nonexempt employees in the state must be paid for work over eight hours in a day, in addition to being paid overtime when they work more than 40 hours in a workweek, said Wendy Lane, an attorney with Greenberg Glusker in Los Angeles.