The Modern Worker Empowerment Act has been introduced to provide independent contractors with the freedom to pursue entrepreneurship without fear of being swept into complex and confusing ...

As the Department of Labor reviews the Biden-era independent contractor classification rule issued in 2024, which replaced the Trump-era IC classification rule issued early in 2021, members of the ...

The session will explore ways to modernize federal labor laws to better support gig workers, freelancers and other nontraditional earners. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and ...

A group of Republican senators have released legislation that would make it easier for companies to provide benefits like healthcare to independent workers, the latest move in the fight over the ...

Republican Congressman Darrell Issa has reintroduced a resolution recognizing the vital role of independent workers and contractors in the American economy and reaffirming support for the economic ...

The package includes four coordinated bills, which are designed to expand portable workplace benefits, including health care and retirement savings, while providing legal clarity about worker ...

The independent workforce is huge—but grossly underserved when it’s time to get paid. That’s creating an equally big opportunity for fintechs. More than 60 million Americans now work independently—as ...

Controversial new rules proposed by the New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development pertaining to independent contractor classification has drawn strong pushback from the state’s business ...