Today, the US Department of Labor is announcing a 15-day extension of the comment period for its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which was published in the Federal Register on October 13, 2022. Publication of the NPRM in the Federal Register started the comment period that is now being extended from 46 days to 61 days. The comment period will now close on December 13, 2022, instead of November 28, 2022. All comments submitted (including duplicate comments) become a matter of public record and will be posted without change to regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.
