The Labor Department (DOL) submitted filings in the Fifth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals requesting the courts hold cases against DOL’s SWACCA-supported final rule on independent contractor classification that made it harder to classify construction workers and other workers as independent contractors “because the agency’s reconsideration and potential rescission of the rule may obviate the need for further litigation.” The current independent contractor rule was finalized under President Biden in 2024 and generally makes it harder for companies to enter independent contractor relationships with workers.
