This post was written by Jennifer G. Betts of Ogletree Deakins’ Pittsburgh Office.

On August 4, 2016, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (“DOL”). The MOU was designed to prevent the misclassification of employees as independent

The Administrator of the US Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage & Hour Division, David Weil, has issued a formal Interpretation on the subject of “The Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s ‘Suffer or Permit’ Standard in the Identification of Employees Who Are Misclassified as Independent Contractors,” the DOL’s first on the issue

The Department of Labor has entered the digital age with a splash, and has announced the launch of its first application for smartphones. That app is a timesheet to help employees independently track regular work hours, break time and any overtime hours for one or more employers. Individuals also can access a glossary, contact information