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DESCRIPTION:IEEE-USA Free Livestream Event\n\nThe U.S. Department of Labor 
 has released new rules for defining consultants. While not as damaging as 
 many expected\, the new rules could still impact independent contractors i
 n the technology space. Join IEEE-USA&#39;s Director of Government Relations a
 nd Acting Managing Director Russell Harrison for a discussion of the new r
 ules\, how they will affect IEEE members\, and how Congress views this iss
 ue.\n\n- Read More: [DOL News Release: US Department of Labor Announces Pr
 oposed Rule on Classifying Employees\, Independent Contractors\; Seeks to 
 Return to Longstanding Interpretation](https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releas
 es/WHD/WHD20221011-0)\n\nSpeaker(s): Russ Harrison\, \n\nVirtual: https://
 events.vtools.ieee.org/m/324820
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/324820
ORGANIZER:d.iams@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:11
SUMMARY:New Department of Labor Regulations for Technology Consultants
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/324820
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  verdana\, geneva\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;
 IEEE-USA Free Livestream Event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=
 &quot;font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;The U.S. Department of Labor has released new rules fo
 r defining consultants. &amp;nbsp\;While not as damaging as many expected\, th
 e new rules could still impact independent contractors in the technology s
 pace. &amp;nbsp\;Join IEEE-USA&#39;s Director of Government Relations and Acting M
 anaging Director Russell Harrison for a discussion of the new rules\, how 
 they will affect IEEE members\, and how Congress views this issue.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;
 /p&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Read More: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dol.gov/ne
 wsroom/releases/WHD/WHD20221011-0&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;DOL News
  Release: US Department of Labor Announces Proposed Rule on Classifying Em
 ployees\, Independent Contractors\; Seeks to Return to Longstanding Interp
 retation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;table width=&quot;560&quot;&gt;\n&lt;tbody&gt;\n&lt;t
 r&gt;\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;iframe title=&quot;YouTube video player&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/
 embed/Lq_WmhSoJ84&quot; width=&quot;560&quot; height=&quot;315&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscree
 n=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/td&gt;\n&lt;/tr&gt;\n&lt;/tbody&gt;\n&lt;/table&gt;
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