Category: New York

Posted in Illinois New York

New York, Illinois find success in tackling labor violations

  From newsobserver.com — Illinois and New York are national leaders when it comes to curbing worker…

Posted in New York

Tutoring Company Misclassified Tutors as Independent Contractors in New York

From Independent Contractor Compliance and Misclassification Legal Blog.–  “TUTORING COMPANY FOUND TO HAVE MISCLASSIFIED TUTORS AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS…

Posted in New York

NY DOL focuses on misclassification of workers as independent contractors

From Kelley Drye & Warren LLP — “The Federal and State Labor Departments, and the IRS, are…

Posted in New York

NY DOL crackdown on “classification” of workers

From Lexology — In 2013, New York’s “Joint Enforcement Task Force on Employee Misclassification” identified 24,000 instances…

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Posted in Freelancing New York

The self-employment surge and how professionals can best prepare

From BinghamtonHomePage — “professionals are choosing self-employment in order to control the type of work assignments they pursue…

Posted in New York

Dangers of misclassifying an employee as an independent contractor highlighted once again in New York Appellate Court decision

From Lexology — Michael S. Arnold writes: Catherin Nance provided photojournalistic services to the New York Post as…

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Posted in New York

Employee or Independent Contractor Affects Insurance Coverage for NY Plumber

From Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York, Timothy Dodge reports a case where a plumber…

Posted in New York

Wage Theft Is Grim Business 

From the Huffington Post — A 2007 study by Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations…