House Committee Chairwoman Warns Labor Dept. of Subpoena in Worker Classification Dispute

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) announced her intention to subpoena the acting secretary of labor if the Department of Labor (DOL) doesn’t provide the information requested by the committee she chairs. The inquiry is related to the department’s new rule issued in February of this year, which redefined those who can be classified as independent contractors. According to the DOL, the new rule was put in place to protect workers who could be misclassified as independent contractors and would be denied protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The lawmaker argued...