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Proposed Legislation Will Make it Harder for Employees to Classify Workers as Independent Contractors
Citing lost revenue due to misclassification of workers, budget challenges and workers’ rights, Senator John Kerry introduced a bill designed to reduce the misclassification of workers as independent contractors. The Taxpayer Responsibility, Accountability and Consistency Act of 2009 is a companion bill to the one introduced in Congress in August 2009.
The bill would require businesses [...]
Third Circuit Holds Company Liable for Discrimination Against an Independent Contractor
In a precedent-setting case, the 3rd Circuit ruled that a company can be held liable for the discriminatory acts committed by its employees against independent contractors. The plaintiff, an African-American woman, alleged that, after she signed the independent contractor agreement with the Pennsylvania-based company, the company’s recruiting manager made racially discriminatory statements to her after [...]
Wage & Hour Lawsuits In Full Swing
The owner of a maintenance service company was sentenced to 10 years in prison in Michigan for a number of workplace violations, including not paying their employees overtime that was due them, and failure to withhold federal income tax, unemployment tax, Social Security and Medicare from their wages. As a result of the investigation, the [...]