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Labor/Employment

Oct. 29, 2020

Proposed independent contractor rule draws 1,800 comments

The unusually high number of people who weighed in on the proposal speaks to how controversial the independent contractor issue remains across the nation.

Even after slashing its typical 60-day comment period by half, the U.S. Department of Labor received more than 1,800 comments on a proposed independent contractor rule.

The unusually high number of people who weighed in on the proposal speaks to how controversial the independent contractor issue remains across the nation, an employment attorney said. But she suggested the comments themselves also point to a clear phenomenon: Manag...

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