Two bills were recently introduced that would create a new independent-contractor safe harbor for federal tax purposes.
Coalition Hosts Briefing on Harmonizing the Definition of ‘Employee’
Please join the Coalition to Promote Independent Entrepreneurs on June 20 for a Briefing on Harmonizing the Definition of ‘Employee’
Coalition to Promote Independent Entrepreneurs Praises DOL Action Withdrawing Administrator’s Interpretations
The Coalition to Promote Independent Entrepreneurs is very appreciative of the action announced today by U.S. Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta to withdraw Administrator’s Interpretation 2015-1. This Obama-Administration guidance document represented a significant expansion of the “economic realities” test used to define the term “employee” for purposes of the Fair…
Executive Order Creates New Opportunities
A new Executive Order that President Trump issued on February 24, 2017, provides stakeholders with new opportunities for pursuing their administrative objectives.[1] The Executive Order requires the “head of each agency” to designate an agency official as its Regulatory Reform Officer (“RRO”) within 60 days of the date of the…
Coalition Submits Statement for the Record: Hearing Before the Committee on Education and the Workforce
The Coalition submitted a statement for the record before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, regarding Federal Wage and Hour Policies in the Twenty-First Century Economy.