Uber driver checking phone Thelatest opinion letter is at odds with guidance issued bythe DOL under the Obama administration, which suggestedthat gig workers like drivers for Uber and Lyft were likely to beemployees. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Workers won't be happy about the latest decision by theDepartment of Labor about the status of gig workers, although the companies they workfor could be.

The New York Times reports that DOL has reversed yet another Obamaadministration-era decision concerning the classification of gigworkers via an opinion letter.

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Marlene Satter

Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.

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