U.S. Department Of Labor Wage & Hour Division Administrator’s Interpretation No. 2015-1: The Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s ‘Suffer or Permit’ Standard in the Identification of Employees Who Are Misclassified as Independent Contractors

This document was released on July 15, 2015 by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division. It is a guidance document explaining how the DOL interprets the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to determine if a worker is an employee or an independent contractor . . .