The Gig Is Up Act, H.R. 8013, introduced on April 15, 2024, by Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), would impose a new payroll tax on a covered business with respect to amounts it pays to independent contractors.[1] This is similar to a bill that Rep. Watson Coleman introduced in the…

January 18, 2024Worker-status determinations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) will be highly subjective and, in some cases, unpredictable under final regulations (the “2024 Regulations”) the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) published on January 10, 2024, which define the term “employee” for purposes of the FLSA. They will become…

The Unemployment Insurance Modernization and Recession Readiness Act, S. 3140[1] and H.R. 6071,[2] introduced on October 26, 2023, would infuse a critical element of the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023, H.R. 20, and S. 567, into state unemployment statutes. The bill would, among other things,…