New Proposed National Standard for Identifying Independent Contractors
The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a new proposed analysis test for identifying workers as employees or independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The modified analysis aims to increase the number of U.S. workers covered by employment benefits and protections. The new analysis would add emphasis to: The permanency of the relationship […]
New Sick and Safe Leave Benefits in Bloomington, MN
As COVID continues and another flu season looms on the distant fall horizon, the City of Bloomington has passed the new Earned Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance. Bloomington joins Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and Duluth as the fourth city requiring Sick and Safe Leave for employees. The new ordinance will go into effect on July 1, […]