Category: Misclassification
Employees Or Independent Contractors? Categorizing Workers Properly
From Forbes, Kelly Phillips Erb reviews the standard for and differences between classifying a worker as as…
Ask Yourself These 15 Questions Before Becoming A Full-Time Freelancer
From Fast Company, Zahra Barnes provides 15 questions that you should ask yourself before embarking on a…
Study Says Work Force Shifting Increasingly Toward Freelance
From Inc., Tess Townsend discusses a recent study by Intuit and consulting firm Emergent Research that shows non-permanent workers…
Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?
From the Harvard Business School, Michael Blanding discusses a new approach to considering whether workers are employees…
Lawsuits over employee status could drive up workers’ comp troubles
From Insurance Business America, Caitlin Bronson discusses the growth of the lawsuits over the classification of a worker…
Do Contract Workers Qualify for Workers’ Comp Claims?
From JDSupra, Howard Ankin discusses how independent contractors may be covered by a workers compensation policy in…
The Future Is Freelance
From Digital Book World, John Bond provides 5 reasons why the future in publishing is using freelancers….
Taxi drivers have a legitimate beef — but it’s not with Uber
From the Boston Globe, the Editorial Board describes the problems with the regulation of the taxi business…
She thought she was entitled to maternity leave. After asking for it, she lost her job.
From the Washington Post, Lydia DePillis reports on a situation where a worker as classified as an…
A New Class Of Worker Could Fix The On-Demand Economy
From TechCrunch, Ken Davis discusses the possibility of a third class of worker — the dependent contractor. He…
Blurred lines: The distinction between employee and independent contractor is getting fuzzy
From the Orange County Register, Michelle Rafter discusses the differences between independent contractors and employees and provides…
Want To Go Independent? Join The 17.8 Million Independent Workers In The U.S. Today
From Forbes, Kathy Caprino discusses her path to freelancing, the growth of the independent workforce in the US…
