The DOL’s proposed withdrawal of the final rule updating the procedure for determining worker status does not provide a thorough economic impact analysis, including an analysis of the costs of withdrawing the rule. We hope to aid the DOL by providing an evaluation of the costs associated with withdrawing the final rule. This evaluation is based on a limited, back-of-the-envelope cost analysis that is comparable with the external analysis the DOL references in its notice. To summarize, our cost estimates are as follows: