Interior

• Framing
  5. Extent to Which the Work Performed is an Integral Part of the Potential Employer’s Business Under the final rule, the DOL returns to framing the “integral factor” in a manner that is more consistent with judicial precedent and the totality-of-the-circumstances approach that the 2021 IC Rule’s “integrated unit of production” framing of this factor. Only work that is critical, necessary, or central to the potential employer’s principal business is integral. As such, if the work being performed is necessarily integral to the business of the potential employer, this factor would weigh in favor of employee status.