Yesterday, the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its first Administrator Interpretation of 2015 on the heels of the proposed white collar exemption revisions that would greatly expand the universe of overtime-eligible employees, as addressed in our Client Alert dated July 1, 2015. Aimed at rectifying what the WHD views as an increasing and widespread misclassification of employees as independent contractors, the interpretation proclaims that “most workers are employees under the FLSA.” Continue reading >