Court: DOL Withdrawal of Independent Contractor Rule Illegal

The delay, then withdrawal, of a Trump administration rule on independent contractors that would have made it easier for businesses to classify workers as independent contractors instead of employees entitled to benefits, was illegal, a federal court in Texas has ruled. The ruling in the case, Coalition for Workforce Innovation et al. v. Marty Walsh in his official capacity as Secretary of Labor et al., was issued by the U.S. District Court in Beaumont on March 14. The DOL said in a statement withdrawing the rule last year that it “was in tension with the (Fair...