The independence of federal agencies is “disappearing before our eyes,” former National Labor Relations Board Chair Lauren ...

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 ...

Safeway Logistics LLC was one of those independent contractors and has announced they are exiting the program - a change that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jonathan Wolfson is a visiting fellow at the Institute for the American Worker and led the policy office at the U.S. Department of Labor from 2019 to 2021. One of Zohran Mamdani’s most harmful ...